document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=38859>Question 38859</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> using elimination to solve this system of equations, how would i solve<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x-3y=-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-5y=27 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "8x - 3y = -11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x - 5y = 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let us multiply the second equation by 4 and subtract it from the first, thus eliminating the x's...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x - 3y = -11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(8x - 20y = 108)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17y = -119<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and then by substituting we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x - 5(-7) = 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 35 = 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -4 </SPAN>\n" );
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