How do solve the following linear system?: $x/2 - y = -1 , x-2y=-5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-20T07:15:42

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$x/ - y = -1$

$x - 2y = -2. " Eqn (1)"$

$x - 2y = -5, " Eqn (2)$

In eqns (1), (2), L H S are equal but not the R H S.

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How do solve the following linear system?: x/2 - y = -1 , x-2y=-5 x/2 - y = -1 , x-2y=-5 ?