To start to solve the system of equations below, which number would you multiply in the equation -2x-5y=-1? the two equations are -2x-5y=-1 and 4x+2y=8

  The first equation can be multiplied by 2.

Step-by-step explanation:

The x-coefficients are -2 and 4. If the first one of these is multiplied by 2, it will be the opposite of the second of these. That is 2·(-2) = -4. When -4 and 4 are added, the result is 0, so the x-variable will be eliminated.

To solve these equations by "elimination", you look for simple relationships between the coefficients that will let you combine them to get zero.

Here's the rest of the solution.

  2(-2x-5y) +(4x+2y) = 2(-1) +(8) . . . . after multiplying the first equation by 2 and adding the second equation

  -4x -10y +4x +2y = -2 +8 . . . . . the result of eliminating parentheses

  -8y = 6 . . . . . the result of collecting terms

  y = -6/8 = -3/4 . . . . divide by the y-coefficient

Since all of the coefficients in the second equation are even, a factor of 2 can be removed, and the equation written as ...

   2x +y = 4

This can be solved for x, so you have ...

  x = (4 -y)/2 = 2 -(y/2)

Filling in the above value of y, we find x to be ...

  x = 2 -(-3/4)/2

  x = 2 3/8

Comment on eliminating y instead of x

If you divide the second equation by 2 so that y has a coefficient of 1, then you can multiply this equation by 5 to give y a coefficient that is the opposite of the coefficient -5 in the first equation. Then the elimination looks like

  (-2x -5y) +5(2x +y) = (-1) +5(4)

  -2x -5y +10x +5y = -1 +20 . . . . eliminate parentheses

  8x = 19 . . . . simplify

  x = 19/8 = 2 3/8 . . . . divide by the coefficient of x

the population of other specie of birds will decline or other specie of birds will find some alternate source of food to survive.

explanation:

according to the competitive exclusion principle, which is also known as gause's law, two specie living in the same niche and feeding on the same resource cannot co-exist stably.

as we have well studied the theory of natural selection which states that only those organisms survive which have better tendency to compete for food and adapt to the environmental conditions.

coming towards the question, what wi ll happen when one species outcompetes the other for the small fish , the other specie will not get enough food and will start to die or decline in population. eventually either other specie needs to find another alternative food source for itself or migrate at some other location where there is less competition otherwise it will just not exist anymore at that niche.

hope it !

x = 12

y = 1

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