document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=144372>Question 144372</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">Solve this system of equations\r\n" );
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document.write( "18x -  7y = 121\r\n" );
document.write( " 6x - 14y = 122</PRE><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6x-14y=122<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eliminate one variable. To do this multiply or divide one equation to make the coefficients of one of the variables the same as in the other eqn.  Divide ean 2 by 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18x-7y=121<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-7y=61\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract eqn 2 from eqn 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18x-7y=121<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x -7y=61\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15x =60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute x in any eqn, and get y = -7 </SPAN>\n" );
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