document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=24870>Question 24870</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Could you, please, give a hint of how to solve this system of linear equations? I'm at a loss to calculate any determinants here, which is required for most ways of solving, I guess, so I suppose there must be some \"face-saver\" here. :)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The last column is of the coefficients at variables to zero power - I didn't  manage to put a line with this formula plotting system. Also the low lines are meant as ellipses.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Yes, sorry, there is another row at the beginning. Without b's it's n x n matrix. I edited the question formula accordingly. </SPAN>\n" );
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