Solve simultaneously 2x+3y=8, 3x+2y=7 to calculate values of x and y.

First of all, we must multiply each equation by a suitable number in order to get the same leading coefficient. In simple terms, we must make the coefficient of the x or the y in both equations the same. So here it is easy to multiply the first equation by 3 to get 6x+9y=24 and the second by 2 which gives us 6x+4y=14. Now if we subtract equation 1 by equation 2, we have 5y=10. To make y the subject, we must divide both sides by 5 which gives us y=2.Let us substitute this value of y into 2x+3y=8. We have 2x+(3*2)=8. Again if we rearrange this for x, we have x=1.

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