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How to solve this equation by elimination?<br /> 2x+5y=4 and 7x+y=-19
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How to solve this equation by elimination?<br />
2x+5y=4 and 7x+y=-19

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Multiply 7x+y=-19 by 5 to have the same value of y. Then subtract one from the other.

35x+5y=-95
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2x+5y=4.

You get a result of 33x=-99
X=-3

Substitute the x into one of the original equations.

2*-3 +5y= 4
5y=4+6
Y=2
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