The solution of the system is:
x = 62/7
y = 30/7
How to solve the system of equations?
Here we have the system:
4x + 5y = -14
-5x - 8y = 10
To solve it by combining the equations, we need to try to remove one of the variables.
If we take the sum of 5 times the first equation and 4 times the second equation we get:
5*(4x + 5y) + 4*(-5x - 8y) = 5*(-14) + 4*10
If we simplify that we get:
20x + 25y - 20x - 32y = -30
-7y = -30
Now we can solve that for y:
y = -30/-7 = 30/7
Now to get the value of x, we can replace the value of y in any of the given equations:
Using the first one:
4x + 5y = -14
x = (-14 - 5y)/4
x = (-14 - 5*30/7)/4 = (-98/7 - 150/7)/4 = 248/28 = 124/14 = 62/7
The solution of the system is:
x = 62/7
y = 30/7
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