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x+y=8
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\n" ); document.write( "solve by elimination. These are set up with no manipulation of equations. Just add the two equations together. the y terms are eliminated because +y-y=0. We are left with x+x=2+8
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\n" ); document.write( "2x=10
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\n" ); document.write( "take x's found value and plug it back into either equation. I will use eq 2
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\n" ); document.write( "5-y=2
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