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PLEASE HELP FAST!!!!! Maria wants to solve the following system using the elimination method: 4x + 9y = 59 x + y = 17 What number should the equation x + y = 17 be multiplied by to eliminate y? 4 9 −9
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PLEASE HELP FAST!!!!!

Maria wants to solve the following system using the elimination method:

4x + 9y = 59
x + y = 17

What number should the equation x + y = 17 be multiplied by to eliminate y?


4

9

−9

−4

User TooMuchPete
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The equation should be multiplied by -9

User Albi
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That would be -9  (because theres a +9y in first equation).
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