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5x + y = -5

-4x + 2y = 2

Cancel the 2s from the second equation

-2x + y = 1

therefore y = 1+2x

Substitute into first equation

5x + 1 + 2x = -5

7x = -6

x = -6/7

Substitute into second equation to find that y = -5/7.

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