document.write( "Question 278965: Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this.\r
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document.write( "Clear of fractions FIRST BEFORE you try to solve the system.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Clear the first equation of fractions by multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "every term on both sides by :\r\n" );
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document.write( "Clear the second equation of fractions by multiplying\r\n" );
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document.write( "So now you have the easy to solve system:\r\n" );
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document.write( "And the solution is , \r\n" );
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