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and since we know now what "x", let's use that in either equation, say the first equation,
another way to do it is by "elimination", depending on the equations, one way may work quicker than the other, in this case, substitution was the simpler one, because the first equation is already solved for "y", so we just grabbed it and plugged it in the 2nd equation.