document.write( "Question 375882: SOlve using the multiplication principle first, then use the elimination method:
\n" ); document.write( "7p+5q=2
\n" ); document.write( "8p-9q=17, I came up with p=1, q=1, however I plugged this into a different site to double check my work and was told something different.
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A different site?
\n" ); document.write( "The quickest and easiest way is to just plug the results into the original equations.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"7%2B5=2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"12=2\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"8p-9q=17\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"8-9=17\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-1=17\"
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\n" ); document.write( "The results are not good.
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\n" ); document.write( "1.\"7p%2B5q=2\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"103p=103\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Now use either equation to solve for q.
\n" ); document.write( "\"7p%2B5q=2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"7%2B5q=2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"5q=-5\"
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