Question

can someone show me the steps of solving this problem: 5x-2y=14
-x-3y=4 ...solve by the method of elimination

Answer 1

multiply the second equation all the way across by 5, then add it to the first equation
the \(x\) term will be eliminated

Answer 2

can you please show me how to do that

Answer 3

5x-2y=14 -(1)
-x-3y=4 -(2)
(2)x5 +(1)
5(-x-3y) + (5x-2y) = 5(4) + 14 <- solve this and you can get the value of y.

Answer 4

can you show we how to solve it