How do you solve the system $3y=-1/2x+2$ and $y=-x+9$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-14T23:06:01

Substitute the expression for $y$ from the second equation into the first and solve for $x$ to get $x = 10$ and $y = -1$

Substitute the expression for $y$ from the second equation into the first...

$-1/2x+2 = 3y = 3(-x+9) = -3x+27$

Add $3x$ to both sides to get:

$5/2x+2 = 27$

Subtract $2$ from both sides to get:

$5/2x = 25$

Multiply both sides by $2/5$ to get:

$x = 10$

Then $y = -x+9 = -10+9 = -1$

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