9x + 3y = 6 6x + 2y = 5 To eliminate y. 1. Get the least common multiple of the coefficients of y which are 3 and 2. That's 6 2. We need to make one the coefficient of y in one of the equations to become 6 and the coefficient of y in the other equation other become -6, so the terms in y will cancel when we add the equations term by term. We multiply the first equation through by 2, getting 18x + 6y = 12 We multiply the second equation through by -3, getting -18x - 6y = -15 3. Now we have this system, and we add them term by term: 18x + 6y = 12 -18x - 6y = -15 ——————————————— 0 + 0 = -3 0 = -3 4. All the letters cancel out leaving only numbers. When such an equation is true the system is dependent and has infinitely many solutions. But when it is false, like this case 0 = -3, the system is INCONSISTENT and there is no solution. 5. The graphs of the two equations are parallel and therefore they do not intersect to form a solution. Here are their graphs. The graph of the first equation is red and the graph of the second equation is green:Edwin