document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=324137>Question 324137</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I solve the linear equations using the elimination method? Can some please explain it to me?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "+8x7y=12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-7x-4y=-2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-7x - 4y = -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1)First, you have to make one of the numbers the same in order to eliminate it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  So, first, multiply the whole first equation by 7 and the whole second<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  equation by 8. The new equation should look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   56x + 49y = 84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  -56x - 32y = -16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2)Next, subtract the numbers. (Elimination)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   49y = 84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  -32y = -16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  17y = 68<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  y = 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3)Now that you have the answer to y, you have to find x. So now, we make the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  numbers for y the same. So, multiply the first equation by 4 and the second<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  equation by 7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   32x + 28y = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  -49x - 28y = -14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4)Now, subtract.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   32x = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  -49x = -14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  -17x = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  x = -2 </SPAN>\n" );
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