Question

Solve the system of equations.

8x – 3y = 1
–2x + 3y = 11

Answer 1

First step: Add them together

Answer 2

alright
will do

Answer 3

What do you get afterwards?

Answer 4

thank u

Answer 5

i'm having trouble understanding this..

Answer 6

@karendiaz123, @zaibali.qasmi remember, this is not an answer-giving site.

Answer 7

I know i'm trying to add them together but don't know exactly how to set it up

Answer 8

@Hero @zaibali.qasmi

Answer 9

and i actually started this site yesterday, really like it!

Answer 10

umm well these are the options, I think is C am I correct?
A.
(–1, –3)
B.
(–1, 3)
C.
(2, 5)
D.
(5, 2)

Answer 11

@karendiaz123, can you explain how you arrived at C as the correct choice? We don't really know if C is correct just yet.

Answer 12

because it has a 5 as it's y-intercept. Not sure, I suck at this

Answer 13

@Hero

Answer 14

Were you supposed to solve this graphically or algebraically?

Answer 15

algebraically. @Hero

Answer 16

Do you have any algebraic steps to show for this?

Answer 17

no