Solve the system of equations and choose the correct answer from the list of options.

x + y = −3
y = 2x + 2

A. 5/3 , 4/3
B. -5/3 , -4/3
C. -3/5 , -3/4
D. 3/4 , 3/5

Question

Solve the system of equations and choose the correct answer from the list of options.

x + y = −3
y = 2x + 2

A. 5/3 , 4/3
B. -5/3 , -4/3
C. -3/5 , -3/4
D. 3/4 , 3/5

anonymous · Answer

@pooja195

mysticfury · Answer

a good way to do these is to plug in the numbers :D the x coordinate is always first

anonymous · Answer

I've already plugged em in, x + (2x + 2) = -3

anonymous · Answer

i think the first one is -5/3, -4/3

anonymous · Answer

I just don't see where the fractions come in.

anonymous · Answer

neither do i

anonymous · Answer

And Mooshka-Skye thank you for your input but I am looking for an explanation not an answer

anonymous · Answer

There is no point in me advancing in my class if I don't understand what I am learning

anonymous · Answer

ok, and your welcome but im new by thirty minutes so yeah...

jhonyy9 · Answer

x + y = −3
y = 2x + 2

so the second equation is y=2x+2 - than just substitute this inside first equation in place of y and will get the value of x - ok ?

anonymous · Answer

I've substituted already, as said before I'm just not sure how to solve it.
x + (2x + 2) = -3

jhonyy9 · Answer

so there are 

x+2x+2=-3 - now assume the same terms

jhonyy9 · Answer

courage this is easy

anonymous · Answer

Could it be B?

jhonyy9 · Answer

step by step please

anonymous · Answer

Alright just a sec

anonymous · Answer

forget it when i plugged in those fractions and worked backwards it didn't give me 41

anonymous · Answer

So it can not be B

jhonyy9 · Answer

please write here your work i like seeing where you have made it wrong - ok. ?

jhonyy9 · Answer

x + y = −3
y = 2x + 2

x+2x+2=-3
3x=-5
x=?

jhonyy9 · Answer

sorry but i dont understand your above words 
- please step by step 

continue please what i have wrote above

anonymous · Answer

-5/3, -1.7

jhonyy9 · Answer

so -5/3 is right but -1/7 how you get ?

anonymous · Answer

i meant -1.7 as in -5/3

anonymous · Answer

its easier for me to convert fractions to decimals then work with fractions alone

jhonyy9 · Answer

than you get for x= -5/3 so what will get for y=?

jhonyy9 · Answer

try with fractions and will get sure the proof of these results value

anonymous · Answer

Fractions aren't something that I can easily process. If you haven't noticed I'm not the brightest bulb.

anonymous · Answer

but -5/3 being x means it can only be B