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OpenStudy (anonymous):

-6x + y = 10 -x - 4y = -15 solve by substitution....

OpenStudy (aripotta):

solve for y in the first equation and then substitute it into the second

OpenStudy (aripotta):

you there?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

solve for y in the first ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so y = -6x + 10

OpenStudy (aripotta):

yea, you wanna get y by itself on the left side of the first equation

OpenStudy (aripotta):

well, to get rid of the -6x, you have to do the opposite operation, which would be addition. so it should be y = 6x + 10

OpenStudy (aripotta):

now that we know what y equals in terms of x, we can substitute it for y in the second equation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got x = 9 for the first

OpenStudy (aripotta):

you gotta plug 6x + 10 for every y you see in the second equation so -x - 4(6x + 20) = -15

OpenStudy (aripotta):

i got x = -1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Correct

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