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HELP PLEASE!!

Solve the system of equations below by graphing.
y= x - 3
y=-5/2x + 4

User Unicorno Marley
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Well, you can set them together like...

x-3 = -5/2 +4

Multiply both sides of equation by 2 to remove the fraction...

2(x-3)= 2(-5/2x+4)

2x-6 = -5x+8

Move the terms together...

2x+5x = 8 + 6

7x = 14

So....

x = 2
User Mdeterman
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(x,y) = (9/2,3/2) is final results ig
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