document.write( "Question 221030: Write a system of the form
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document.write( " ax+by=c
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document.write( " dx+ey=f
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document.write( "where a,b,c,d,e, and f are consecutive integers. Solve the system and make a conjecture.
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document.write( "Please help! this is taken fron the textbook Beginning Algebra By Addison WEsley \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #165827 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Write a system of the form \n" ); document.write( "ax+by=c \n" ); document.write( "dx+ey=f \n" ); document.write( "where a,b,c,d,e, and f are consecutive integers. Solve the system and make a conjecture. \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "1x + 2y = 3 \n" ); document.write( "4x + 5y = 6 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Multiply the 1st equation by 4, subtract the 2nd equation from it: \n" ); document.write( "4x + 8y = 12 \n" ); document.write( "4x + 5y = 6 \n" ); document.write( "--------------eliminate x \n" ); document.write( "3y = 6 \n" ); document.write( "y = 2 \n" ); document.write( "then use the 1st equation to find x \n" ); document.write( "x + 2(2) = 3 \n" ); document.write( "x = 3 - 4 \n" ); document.write( "x = -1 \n" ); document.write( "; \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Check solutions in the 2nd equation \n" ); document.write( "4(-1) + 5(2) = 6 \n" ); document.write( "-4 + 10 = 6 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Can we conjecture that any system like this will have solutions \n" ); document.write( "x = -1 and y = 2\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |