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Solve x+y=7 and 3x-2y=11 using elimination

Solve x+y=7 and 3x-2y=11 using elimination
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Solve x+y=7 and 3x-2y=11 using elimination

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User Gabriel Doty
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x=5 and y =2.
Here's how you do it.
Multiply the first equation by -3, and the second one by 1.
add the equations to eliminate x.
then solve for y by dividing both sides by -5, which gives us 2.
to solve for x subsitute 2 in for y.

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