Question

How do you solve the following system: `-5x + 3y= 6, 4x+3y=36`?

Answer 1

`x=10/3 and y=68/9`

Explanation:

`-5x+3y=6` (1)
`4x +3y= 36` (2) Now subtracting (2) from(1) we get `-9x=-30 or x=30/9=10/3`Putting the value of x in equation (1) we get `3y = 6+5*10/3 or y =68/9`[ans]