Suppose you want to use elimination to solve this system. braceleftzh 2x + 17y = −3 5x + 4y = 9 by what numbers would you need to multiply the two equations in order to eliminate y? by what numbers would you need to multiply the two equations in order to eliminate x instead? drag and drop the correct numbers and words into the boxes to complete the explanation. you could multiply the first equation by and the second equation by , and then the resulting equations to eliminate y. you might choose to eliminate x instead. to do this, you would multiply the first equation by and the second equation by and then the equations.