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Solve: 2x + 3y = 13 and x + y = 5.
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
x = 2 and y = 3
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Explanation
From the second equation x = 5 − y. Substituting gives 10 − 2y + 3y = 13, so y = 3 and x = 2.
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