document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=277187>Question 277187</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8x+3y=152.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+2y=113\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have the answer I just dont know how to work it out. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's use the substitution method like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x+3y=152.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+2y=113 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the first equation by 2 and the second equation by -3. We'll eliminate the y this way. So we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x+6y=305<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-18x-6y=-339 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now, add both of these equations to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x=-34 Divide both sides by -2 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we can plug 17 into the first equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "136+3y=152.5 Subtract 136 from both sides and divide it by 3 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=5.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There we go! Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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