Question

How do you solve the following system?: `13x+2y=9 , 5x - 2y = 1`

Answer 1

`x=5/9 and y=8/9`

Explanation:

we have
(a).......`13x+2y=9` and
(b).......`5x-2y=1`
adding (a) and (b) we can eliminate y

`=>18x=10; =>x=5/9`
putting the value `x=5/9` in (a) or (b) we get

`y=8/9`