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Answer:


p=3 and
q=4 the mistake was in calculating
3q-4q-10=6 let's solve first.

Explanation:

if
p= 2q-5, substitute the
p in the equation
3q-2p=6 as


3q-2(2q-5)=6

solve the equation in parentheses :


3q-2(2q-5)\\

multiply
-2 \\ by
(2q-5)\\ it will equal to:
3q-4q+10

now we want to let all unknown digits alone, so we will take
10 to the other side with a different sign it will be as:


3q-4q=6-10

now we will solve it:


3q-4q=6-10\\q=-4 at this part, the given equation was wrong in the paper.

we don't want the digit to be negative so we will do it like this:


(-q)/(-1) =(-4)/(-1 ) = q=4

now that we found
q we will substitute it to find
p\\:


p=2q-5\\q=4\\p=2(4)-5\\p=8-5\\p=3

overall the mistake was in calculating
q instead of putting
3q-4q=6-10

he/she put a different sign in front of the digit like :
3q-4q-10=6

so when he/she flipped
-10 it became positive and instead of subtracting he/she added it.

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