Question

Please Help!
-4.5x - 2y = -12.5
3.25x - y = -0.75
I don't even know where to begin

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

if you take the second equation and isolate y, you get:
y=3.25x+0.75
now you can place it in the first equation and solve for x:
-4.5x -2(3.25x+0.75)=-12.5

Answer 4

-4.5x-6.5x-1.5=-12.5
-11x=-12.5+1.5
-11x=-11 /: -11
x=1