document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=353506>Question 353506</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello. I am a college student dealing with linear equations. I have finsihed the rest of my assignment, but I am stuck on this one problem. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " x-y = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x+6y=17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The instructions to this problem say to Solve each system by the addition method. Determine whether the equations are independent, dependent, or inconsistent.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The example says to multiply each side by the x value. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I have come up with:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-y = 3  (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x + 6y = 17 (2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I multiplied (1) by 6 and (2) by 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I came up with \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 6x-6y= 18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x+6y = 17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then I end up with both 0 x and 0 y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ox + 0y = 35\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That did not give me a workable answer. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then I tried multiplying (1) by -6 and (2) by 1 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x+6y = -18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x+6y = 17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-12x + 12y = -1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x-6y = -18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x+6y = 17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-12x+oy = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-12x = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -1/-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1/12 or .083...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That just does not seem right to me. Can you please help me figure out what I am doing wrong! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x+6y=17<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6x-6y=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6x+6y=17<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0=35<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is no answer.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ed </SPAN>\n" );
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