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-Solve the system of equations – 5x – 5y = 10 and x + 2y = -3 by combining theequations.1 (- 5x(x–5y = 10)+2y -3)5.2 -5y = 10x +2y = -3tryOo y=With final solution coordinate You must answer all questions above in order to submit.attempt out of 2

-Solve the system of equations – 5x – 5y = 10 and x + 2y = -3 by combining theequations-example-1

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We are given the following system of equations:


\begin{gathered} -5x-5y=10,(1) \\ x+2y=-3,(2) \end{gathered}

To solve the system we will multiply equation (1) by 1/5, we get:


((1)/(5))(-5x-5y)=((1)/(5))(10)

Solving the operations we get:


-x-y=2

Now we add this to equation (2):


-x-y+x+2y=2-3

Now we associate like terms and solve the operations on the right side:


(-x+x)+(-y+2y)=-1

Adding like terms we get:


\begin{gathered} 0x+(1)y=-1 \\ y=-1 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the value of "y" is -1. Now we substitute this value in equation (1):


-x-y=2

Substituting the value of "y = -1":


-x-(-1)=2

Now we solve the operations:


-x+1=2

Now we solve for "x" first by subtracting 1 from both sides:


\begin{gathered} -x+1-1=2-1 \\ -x=1 \end{gathered}

Now we multiply both sides by -1:


x=-1

Therefore, the solution of the system is:


(x,y)=(-1,-1)

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