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Part E. Abigail needs to solve the system of equations below.

Part E. Abigail needs to solve the system of equations below.-example-1
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Given:


\begin{gathered} 5x-3y=42 \\ 2x-y=10 \end{gathered}

Abigail made a mistake at step 3. This should be:


5x-6x+30=42
-x=42-30
-x=12
x=-12

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