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All right sy mash members here we go Next question

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coming right at you What is the value of acts

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in the following system of equations Okay well we don't

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really like the term system of equations to begin with

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How about a gaggle of equations instead Or maybe a

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swarm If only there were geese or these In any

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case all the equations go together The values of x

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y ens e are the same in each We can

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only solve an equation when it contains a single variable

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So we have to start by finding z kind of

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like nemo and then working our way up to solve

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for acts So let's get going Divide both sides of

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the bottom equation Negative for z equals negative twenty by

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negative four to find that z equals what is that

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Five Alright Well armed with the knowledge that zia's five

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we can solve for why plugs equals five into the

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middle equation right there Three white minus in the business

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of eight And then we're going to simplify the left

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side there What is that Three y minus fifty is

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negative eight and we'll add fifty to both sides and

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we get three Why is forty two Well bible side

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by three And why is fourteen All right Almost there

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Final steps plug in the z Equals five in the

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y equals fourteen in the top equation there and we

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get five x minus y plus seventy is negative Nine

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solve for x and that'd be five Acts minus 14

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plus the 30 five There is negative nine combined like

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terms and subtract twenty one from both sides There we

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go we get five x equals negative nine months one

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negative thirty Okay now we just divide both sides by

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five And guess what Acts is negative 6 wu The

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answer is eight mystery solved by your counting crows here 00:01:47.99 --> [endTime] what's a bunch of crows called yes murder What

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