document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=241271>Question 241271</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 5x-2y=-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-8y=-32 how do you do this<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First we want to get it so we can cancel either the x or y when we add both equations together. So let's multiply the first equation by -4 to give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-20x+8y=+32  Now we can add this to the second equation. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-8y=-32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We get -17x=0  so x = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now plug 0 in for x in either original equation and we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(0)-2y=-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To check these put them into both equations and it should prove correct. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "RJ Toftness<BR>\n" );
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