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If your system is

x - y = 120

x + y = 150

I would use elimination. Adding the two equations together gives us

2x = 270

and dividing by two tells us that x = 135. Plug x back into either equation to find y:

x + y = 150

135 + y = 150

y = 15

So x = 135 and y = 15.

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