document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=324324>Question 324324</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I use the elimination method to solve two linear equations?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9x+7= 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x-7= -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please explain to me. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "9x+7= 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x-7= -2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This problem does not make sense the way you have written it, perhaps it should be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x + 7y = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x- 7y = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-------------addition eliminates y, find x:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20x + 0 = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; divided both sides by 20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find y using the 1st equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x + 7y = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "replace x with 3/20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9(<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) + 7y = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=27%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"27%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) + 7y = 5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "7y = 5 - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=27%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"27%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "7y = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=100%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"100%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >- <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=27%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"27%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "7y = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=73%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"73%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply both sides by 1/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y =  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=73%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"73%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=73%2F140 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"73%2F140\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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