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I am trying to solve a system of linear quations by the substitution method.

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6x - 4y = 3
3x - 2y = 9
I need to see how you worked the solution so that I can make sure that I am doing it right and can do the rest of the problems on my own.
Thank you!!!
asked Mar 17, 2014 in ALGEBRA 1 by chrisgirl Apprentice

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Substitution method :

The equations of linear system are image.

Solve the equation 2: image for y, since the y has a coefficient of - 2.

Subtract 3x from each side.

image

image

Divide each side by negative 2.

image.

Substitute the value of image in the equation 1: imageand solve for x.

image

image

image

18 = 3.

The above statement is false.so,the system of equations has no solution.
answered Mar 18, 2014 by dozey Mentor

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