document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=351658>Question 351658</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1/x+1/y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/x-5/y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how do i solve this system of equations? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "*note: one way would be using cramers rule to solve this system of equations: which is eliminating one the of the variables by adding the two equations together.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/x+1/y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/x-5/y=0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first you would need to multiply @ term in the first equation by 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8/x = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 = 40*x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 8/40 = 1/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute x to solve for y;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/x-5/y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15 = 5/y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 5/15 = 1/3 </SPAN>\n" );
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