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Question 160327: hi please help me thank you very much. Which of the following is an intermediate step if the given equations are to be solved by elimingating one unknown by addition?

the anwsers are
A)
B)
C)
D)

Found 2 solutions by checkley77, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Answer is A).
40x+40y=8
15x-40y=25 adding these 2 equations eliminates the y terms.
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55x=33

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Edwin's solution:
hi please help me thank you very much. Which of the following is an intermediate step if the given equations are to be solved by elimingating one unknown by addition?

the answers are
A)
B)
C)
D)

The correct answer is A) because
when added vertically, the terms  and 
will cancel out like this:

A)

and the sum adding vertically will be the equation:

    =     

which is easily solved for .

Edwin

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