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  • 30-01-2018
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Eight times a number plus five times another number is -13. the sum of the two numbers is 1. what are the numbers?

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Niuafejrt Niuafejrt
  • 31-01-2018
 7 and -6 because...8x+5y=-13x+y=1-y -yx=1-y and you can substitute this into the first equation8(1-y)+5y=-138-8y+5y=-138-3y=-13-8 -8-3y=-21/-3 /-3y=7
x+7=1-7 -7x=-6So the two numbers are 7 and -6.
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