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Y=2x+y and 3x+y=16
System of equations?

Y=2x+y and 3x+y=16 System of equations?-example-1
User Abenil
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Answer:

Good day sir

The answer is (3,7)

Explanation:

One way is to graph the line

Another way is to do it the hard way

3x + y = 16 is y = -3x + 16

Add the original equations up and solve

2y = -x + 17

This is a start (just solve this equation) but the answer is (3,7)

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