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Explanation:

what they want you to do is draw the 2 lines, and the point, where they cross, that is the solution to the system.

that is all.

I cannot draw here.

but how do you draw a line ? by finding 2 points in the line, and then draw the line through them.

you can pick any x value to get points on a line.

the first I would always pick is x = 0.

then y of line one is 2×0 + 1 = 1.

and y of line two is 0 - 3 = -3

and then, to get a little bit distance between the points, I would go with x=2.

and y of line one is 2×2 + 1 = 5.

y of line two is 2 - 3 = -1

so, the points are for line one

(0, 1) and (2, 5)

and for line two

(0, -3) and (2, -1)

and when you draw the lines, you will find that their crossing point is at x = -4 with y for both lines -7.

so the solution is (-4, -7).

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