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Solve: 3x − 2y = 5 and x + 4y = 11.
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
x = 3 and y = 2
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Explanation
From the second x = 11 − 4y. Substituting gives 33 − 12y − 2y = 5, so 14y = 28, y = 2 and x = 3.
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