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Use elimination to solve the system of equations.

5xy=65 x-y=-6

x+y=2-x+y=2

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Let's use method of elimination and solve the system of equations. First of all, add the equations to get an equation, which will contain only one variable and solve it.

(5xy)+(x+y)=6+25xx=44x=4x=1\begin{aligned} (5x - y) + (-x + y) &= -6 +2 \\ 5x -x &= -4\\ 4x &= -4\\ x &= -1 \end{aligned}

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