SOLUTION: solve for x and y: 67x -66y =664; 95x -53y =698

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Question 1130816: solve for x and y: 67x -66y =664; 95x -53y =698
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, MathLover1:
Answer by greenestamps(13216)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The numbers get ugly; but the process is straightforward.

Multiply the first equation by 53 and the second by 66. That will make the coefficients of y in the two equations the same; subtracting one equation from the other will then eliminate y, giving you an equation you can solve to find the value of x.

Then substitute that value of x in either of the original equations and solve the resulting equation for y.


I've done the arithmetic for thousands of problems like this; I don't need the practice.

You can do the arithmetic and get the practice.

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

---eq.1...both sides multiply by
---eq.2...both sides multiply by
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---eq.1
---eq.2
------------------------------------------------subtract






go to ---eq.1, substitute







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