4a + 9b = 8
8a + 6c = -1
6b + 6c = -1
Write the system so that the terms of like variables
line up vertically like this
4a + 9b = 8
8a + 6c = -1
6b + 6c = -1
The letter c does not appear in the first equation, thus
c is already eliminated from the first equation
So we will eliminate c from the other two equations.
We multiply the 3rd equation by -1 and add it to the
2nd equation
8a + 6c = -1
-6b - 6c = 1
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8a - 6b = 0
That can be divided through by 2
4a - 3b = 0
Now we have a system of 2 equations in 2 unknowns a and b
4a + 9b = 8
4a - 3b = 0
Multiplying the bottom equation by -1 and adding to the first
equation:
4a + 9b = 8
-4a + 3b = 0
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12b = 8
b =
b =
Substituting that into
4a - 3b = 0
4a - 3 = 0
4a - 2 = 0
4a = 2
a =
a =
Substituting b = into the original
3rd equation:
6b + 6c = -1
6· + 6c = -1
4 + 6c = -1
6c = -5
c =
Solution (a, b, c) = (,,)
Edwin