document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257175>Question 257175</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What's the answer for :\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + y = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 2y = 5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's start by multiplying the first equation by 2:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x + 2y = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 2y = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we can add these to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x=7 Divide both sides by 7 will be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug in 1 into the first equation and we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6+2y=2 Subtract 6 from both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=-4 Divide by 2:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "There we go the answers are x=1 and y=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug these into both equations and see what happens.<BR>\n" );
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