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Solve the system of equations by the substitution method y= 2x + 15y - 6x = 13

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We are asked to solve a system of equations using the substitution method:

y = 2 x + 1

5 y - 6 x = 13

So we use the first equation as our substitution for "y", since we know that y is equal to "2 x + 1"

We use this expression in the second equation replacing "y":

5 (2x + 1) - 6 x = 13

and now we solve for the only unknown "x" that was left in the equation. We use distributive property to get rid of the parenthesis:

10 x + 5 - 6 x = 13

we combine the terms in x and subtract 5 from both sides:

4 x = 13 - 5

4 x = 8

x = 8/4

x = 2

Now we use this result in the first equation (our substitution equation):

y = 2 (2) + 1 = 5

therefore, x = 2 and y = 5 are the solutions to the system, also written in coordiate pair form as: (2, 5).

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