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5x - y = 6 -2x +y = 8 What’s the answer
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5x - y = 6
-2x +y = 8
What’s the answer

User Anuj Kulkarni
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Answer:

x=
4(2)/(3)

y=
17(1)/(3)

Explanation:


5x-y=6\\-2x+y=8\\

Simplify, find the x-value first:


3x=14\\x=4(2)/(3)

Substitute x-value into any equation (i did the second equation) and simplify:


-2(4(2)/(3))+y=8\\ -9(1)/(3) +y=8\\


y=17(1)/(3)

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