Question

To solve this system, you could do the following steps:

3x+4y=48

6x+2y=60
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1. Choose the best method to solve by looking at the way the equations are set up for you: Response area

2. Using the best method, how could you get the x variables to cancel out? Response area

3. After you complete step 2, what would your top equation be? Response area

4. Line them up and add the equations together to get this equation. Response area

5. Solve for y. Response area

6. Solve for x. Response area

Choose a method
Operation to get the x variables to cancel
Simplified top equation
After adding the equations
Solve for x and y
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Answer 1

To solve the system of equations given, let's follow the specified steps:

1. **Choose the best method to solve by looking at the way the equations are set up for you:**
**Response Area:** Elimination Method

2. **Using the best method, how could you get the x variables to cancel out?**
**Response Area:** Multiply the entire first equation by 2.

3. **After you complete step 2, what would your top equation be?**
**Response Area:** 6x + 8y = 96

4. **Line them up and add the equations together to get this equation.**
**Response Area:** 10y = 156

5. **Solve for y.**
**Response Area:** y = 15.6

6. **Solve for x.**
**Response Area:** Substitute y back into one of the original equations; for example, 3x + 4(15.6) = 48, leading to x = -4.8.

So the final answers for x and y are:
- x = -4.8
- y = 15.6