How do you solve by substitution $2x=3y$ and $x=3y-3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-05T14:26:26

$x = 3$
$y = 2$

First, substitute $3y$ in the second equation with $2x$ (this is given to us in the first equation), and solve for x:

$x = 2x -3$
$x= 3$

Insert x's value back into first equation, and solve for y:

$2 * 3 = 3*y$
$y = 2$

Solution is: $x = 3, y = 2$

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