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Algebra.Com's Answer #135479 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28x%2B4y=9%2C3x-2y=13%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2%283x-2y%29=2%2813%29\" Multiply the both sides of the second equation by 2.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"6x-4y=26\" Distribute and multiply.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we have the new system of equations:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now add the equations together. You can do this by simply adding the two left sides and the two right sides separately like this:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%281x%2B6x%29%2B%284y%2B-4y%29=9%2B26\" Group like terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7x%2B0y=35\" Combine like terms.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7x=35\" Simplify.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%2835%29%2F%287%29\" Divide both sides by \"7\" to isolate \"x\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=5\" Reduce.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B4y=9\" Now go back to the first equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2B4y=9\" Plug in \"x=5\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2B4y=9\" Multiply.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4y=9-5\" Subtract \"5\" from both sides.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4y=4\" Combine like terms on the right side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%284%29%2F%284%29\" Divide both sides by \"4\" to isolate \"y\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=1\" Reduce.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So our answer is \"x=5\" and \"y=1\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Which form the ordered pair .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This means that the system is consistent and independent.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Graph of \"x%2B4y=9\" (red) and \"3x-2y=13\" (green) \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So from the graph, we see that the vertex of the angle is the point
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