<u>Positive</u> numbers are located to the right of zero on the <u>number</u> line
Answer:
x= -3
y= -2
From the first one, if you add 2y to both sides you can plug that into the second one and solve for y. Then, plug y to the first one and solve for x.
Keep Change Flip!!!
Keep: the first fraction 5 or 5/1
Change: Division sign to multiplication sign
Flip (reciprocal): the second fraction
So you get 5/1*9/2= 45/2 which simplified to 22 1/2
