I'll just do this one:
x + y =
-20x + 21y = 144
To clear the first one of fractions multiply
every term by the LCD of 14:
14·x + 14·y = 14·
9x + 14y = 38
Now we have the system:
9x + 14y = 38
-20x + 21y = 144
The idea is to eliminate a variable:
The coefficients of y are 14 and 21
The least common multiple of 14 and 21
is 42. To make the coefficients of
y equal in absolute value yet opposite
in sign we multiply the first equation
through by -3 and the second equation
through by 2. That will make the
coefficients -42 and +42:
-3[ 9x + 14y] = -3[38]
2[-20x + 21y] = 2[144]
-27x - 42y = -114
-40x + 42y = 288
Now we add those term by term:
-27x - 42y = -114
-40x + 42y = 288
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-67x = 174
x =
Since that is too complicated a fraction to
substitute, we will start over and eliminate x:
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9x + 14y = 38
-20x + 21y = 144
Next we eliminate the other variable x:
The coefficients of x are 9 and -20
The least common multiple of 9 and 20
is 180. To make the coefficients of
x equal in absolute value yet opposite
in sign we multiply the first equation
through by 20 and the second equation
through by 9. That will make the
coefficients +180 and -180:
20[ 9x + 14y] = 20[38]
9[-20x + 21y] = 9[144]
180x + 280y = 760
-180x + 189y = 1296
Now we add those term by term:
180x + 280y = 760
-180x + 189y = 1296
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469y = 2056
y =
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So the solution is
Edwin