document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=335251>Question 335251</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please assist me in solving this system by the addition method.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x - 2y = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x + 5y = 4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Ordinarily to do the addition method you would need to find a factor or factors to multiply across your equations so that the coefficients on one of the variables become additive inverses.  However, you already have that situation in the given pair of equations, so simply add the two equations together term by term.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> will be eliminated and you will have an equation in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> that you can solve by ordinary means.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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