Question

Solve each system of equations by using elimination.

Answer 1

The system of equations are .

Neither variable has a common coefficient.The coefficient  of the q - variables are 8 and 5 and their least common multiple is 40, so multiply each equation by the value  that will make the q - coefficient 40.

To get two equations that contain opposite terms multiply the first equation by 5 and second equation by 8.

Write the equations in column form and add the corresponding columns to eliminate q - variable.

The resultant equation is .

Substitute the value of in either of the original equations and solve for q.

The first equation: .

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The solution is

The option b is correct.