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When using substitution to solve this system of equations, what is the result of the first step?

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Solve. Because now you have only one variable.

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The method of solving "by substitution" works by solving one of the equations (you choose which one) for one of the variables (you choose which one), and then plugging this back into the other equation, "substituting" for the chosen variable and solving for the other. Then you back-solve for the first variable.

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