document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=27443>Question 27443</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Trying to figure out this elimination problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3X + 5Y= 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2X - 5Y= -25 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "      2x-5y = -25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using Substitution Method.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Expressing x as a function of y (from the first equation) x = (0 -5y)/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting this expression into the second equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	2(0+5y)/3-5y = -25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplifying this expression:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	(-25)y = -75\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	 y = 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	Now, substituting y = 3 back into the x expressed as a function of y:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	x = (0-5y)/3 = -5<BR>\n" );
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