document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=256270>Question 256270</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm not sure if this is linear equations but I didn't see elimination<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3y + 4y = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + y = -8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I suspect you typed the equations incorrectly.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have y twice in the first equation. It is possible but not likely\r<BR>\n" );
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