document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=258180>Question 258180</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=3x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x+2y=-8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 3x - 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the above equation for substitution, replace y with (3x-4) in the equation below<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x + 2y = -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x + 2(3x-4) = -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x + 6x - 8  = -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note that we end up <BR>\n" );
document.write( "0x = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is no unique solution to these two equations (they're the same) </SPAN>\n" );
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