document.write( "Question 161718: Solve the system of equations using the addition (elimination) method.
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document.write( "To eliminate the terms in y, multiply the first equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now add corresponding terme vertically:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since all the variables cancelled out leaving only\r\n" );
document.write( "numbers, and the resulting numerical equation is \r\n" );
document.write( "FALSE, the system is said to be INCONSISTENT, and\r\n" );
document.write( "has NO SOLUTION. \r\n" );
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document.write( "[Note: If all the variables had cancelled out leaving \r\n" );
document.write( "only numbers, and the resulting numerical equation had \r\n" );
document.write( "been TRUE instead of FALSE, then the system would have \r\n" );
document.write( "been DEPENDENT, and the system would have INFINITELY\r\n" );
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