Answer:
its 60
Step-by-step explanation:
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To get the answer, you need to specify how much each thing cost.
-7x - 2y = 19
4x + y = -12
Set y equal to each other (opposite signs are fine and you could also set x equal instead of y)
-7x - 2y = 19
8x + 2y = -76
Add equations together
x = -52
Plug x value into an equation
4(-52) + y = -12
Solve for y
-208 + y = -12
y = 196
Hope this helps! ;)
Essentially, you're going to want to reverse the steps on x in order to isolate it from the rest of the variables. To do this, perform inverse operations on x. The first one of these is the multiplication of x and m, so divide both sides by m to cancel m out on the right side. Now we have y/m = x + b. The final thing to do in order to isolate x is to subtract b from both sides. This yields us y/m - b = x. This can be rearranged into x = y/m - b, which should be your answer.
