Provide an appropriate response.Write a system of equations that would be more easily solved using the substitution method than the elimination method. Explain why substitution would be easier than elimination.

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 3x + 2y = 4,
 x = 3y + 5
Substitution is easier to use then the elimination method since the second equation has a variable alone on one side. Thus a solution using substitution would require fewer steps than a solution using the elimination method.