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Determine if each ordered pair is a solution to the given system?

Determine if each ordered pair is a solution to the given system?-example-1
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Answer:

(-2, -4) is a solution

(0, -6) is not a solution

Step-by-step explanation:

The system of equations is

x + y = -6

3x - y = -2

An ordered pair is a solution of the system if the ordered pair (x, y) satisfied both equations.

For (x, y) = (-2, -4), we get:

x + y = -6

-2 + (-4) = -6

-6 = -6

3x - y = -2

3(-2) - (-4) = -2

-6 + 4 = -2

-2 = -2

Since both equations are satisfied (-2, -4) is a solution to the given system.

For (x, y) = (0, -6), we get:

x + y = -6

0 + (-6) = -6

-6 = -6

3x - y = -2

3(0) - (-6) = -2

0 + 6 = -2

6 = -2

Since 6 is not equal to -2, the ordered pair (0, -6) is not a solution to the system.

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