Answer:
(4,4)
Step-by-step explanation:
We can solve this system of equations using the elimination method.
In order to use the elimination method there must be two variables with the same coefficient. Note that the coefficients don't have to have the same sign ( eg. 6 and -6 would work ). If there are two similar variables with similar coefficients then you can add or subtract, depending on the signs of the coefficients, the two equations "eliminating" the variable. There would then be one variable left over in which you can solve for.
For this case, both equations have 7x, one negative 7 and one positive 7. When the signs are different you add the two equations. So our first step is to add the two equations
7x - 4y = -44
+ (-7x -3y = 16 )
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Remove parenthesis
7x -4y = -44
-7x -3y = +16
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0x - 7y = -28
We are left with -7y = -28.
Because there is now only one variable, we can solve for it.
-7y = -28
divide both sides by -7
y = 4
Now we want to find the value of x. We can do this by plugging in the value of y into one of the equations and then solving for x. Note that we can plug in 4 for y into either equation and solve for x and we would get the same answer.
7x - 3y = 16
y = 4
7x - 3(4) = 16
multiply 4 and -3
7x - 12 = 16
add 12 to both sides
7x = 28
divide both sides by 7
x = 4
So x = 4 and y = 4 so the solution to the system of equations is (4,4)
