document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=321331>Question 321331</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you show me step by step how to solve the following equation, I'm looking for the solution for x and y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  6x + 4y = 60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  8x + 9y = -4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #230146 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=230146\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 6x + 4y = 60..............1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x + 9y = -4..............2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let us eliminate x by subtracting one equation from the other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "before that you have to make the co-efficinets of x equal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply equation 1 by 8 and equation 2 by 6 .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48x +32y=480<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48x+54y=-24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(48x+32y)-(48x+54y)=480-(-24)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48x+32y-48x-54y=504<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-22y= 504<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-22.91<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug the value of y in eq 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=((4*-22.91) -60)/-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=25.27 </SPAN>\n" );
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