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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Solve this equation by elimation. -x+5y=13 x-y=15

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are you looking for just x or y, or both

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Both @BasicallyIDoWork

OpenStudy (anonymous):

y=7

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x= 22

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks :) How did you get that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I just realized that the method i used was substitution not elimination, but how i did it was i found out what x was in one equation and plugged it into the other one. Doing this gave me y, which allowed me to plug this into either equation and solve for x

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