How do you solve the following linear system $2x - 6y = 2, 3x + 7y = 2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-01T19:20:39

$x=13/16,y=-1/16$

Multiplying the first equation by $-3$ and adding to the second we get

$y=-1/16$
plugging this in the first equation we obtain
$x+3/16=1$
so
$x=16/16-3/16=13/16$

How do you solve the following linear system 2x - 6y = 2, 3x + 7y = 2 2x - 6y = 2, 3x + 7y = 2 ?