document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=310775>Question 310775</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve by elimination method.  Thank you - I am getting substitution but this is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+6y=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x+6y=8   I did come up with 12y=8 and then I get stuck.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "really hard. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+6y=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x+6y=8 I did come up with 12y=8 and then I get stuck.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you add those, you get 12y = 24, not 8.<BR>\n" );
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