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Solve the following system by any method. 8x + 9y = –5 –8x – 9y = 5 A. (–10, 3) B. (–3, 10) C. (0,0) D. Infinitely many solutions

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I will be using the substitution method because it is my all time favorite method!

Step 1: Solve for x or y in either of the two equations. I will choose to solve for y in the equation 8x + 9y = -5

8x + 9y = -5
- 8x + 8x
-------------------------
9y = 8x - 5
----- ----- -----
9 9 9

y = 8/9x - 5/9


Step 2: Plug in the value you got for x or y into the equation that you have not worked with yet.

8x - 9(8/9x - 5/9) = 5
8x - 8x + 5 = 5
0x + 5 = 5
5 = 5

This turns out to be a true statement, so the answer to your system will be infinitely many solutions.
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