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Solve by substitution
x + 3y = -2
-3x+y= 6

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Answer:

x=⅗

y=1⅘

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Solve by substitution x + 3y = -2 -3x+y= 6-example-1
User Dominick Pastore
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Answer:

(x=-2, y=0)

Explanation:

For solving this using substitution, we need to isolate any one variable. x is easy to isolate in equation 1 and y is easy to isolate in equation 2. I will use Equation 1.

x+3y=-2

x=-2-3y

Now x and -2-3y are the same thing because x=-2-3y which means that we can substitute the value of x in the first equation which is -2-3y into x of equation 2 and then solve for y easily.

-3(-2-3y)+y=6

6+9y+y=6

6+10y=6

10y=6-6

y=(6-6)/10

y=0/10=0

Now we got y we can use this y value to find x. Plug the y value into the first equation or second.

x= -2-3(0)

x= -2

Ans= (x=-2, y=0)

You can check this answer by plugging these values in the equations.

-2+3(0)=-2

-3(-2)+0= 6

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