Question

How do solve the following linear system?: `5x+2y=2, 4x+3y=29`?

Answer 1

`x=-52/7` and `y=137/7`

Explanation:

`5*(4x+3y)-4*(5x+2y)=5*29-4*2`

`7y=137`, so `y=137/7`

Hence,

`5x+2*137/7=2`

`5x=-260/7`, so `x=-52/7`