Elijah is selling coupon books for a school fund raiser. th coupon book sell for $11. the school gets $8 and $3 goes to elijah homeroom. if elijah sold 24 coupon book how much money did he collect? how much money went to his homeroom? how much money went to the school?

x= -1/2

y= 4.5

Step-by-step explanation:

4x+2y=7

3x-5y=-24

First either make the x or y's the same. It is easier here to make the y's the same.

Multiply each of the first equation by 5 and the second one by 2.

x5   4x+2=7   x5 = 20x+10y=35

x2   3x-5y=-24  x2= 6x-10y=-48

20x+10y=35

6x-10y=-48         +both equations

26x=-13

/26

x=-1/2

Now substitute to find y.

4(-1/2)+2y=7

-2+2y=7

+2

2y=9

/2

y= 4.5

Hope this helped :)