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x+4y=19
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x+4y = 19
\n" ); document.write( "20x +4y = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "-19x = 19\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x= -1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Plug this value into either equation to find y:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5x+y = 0
\n" ); document.write( "5(-1) + y = 0
\n" ); document.write( "-5 + y = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the solution is (-1,5) or x=-1, y=5.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Second question is weird because it has no nice answers. Are you supposed to write your answers as fractions or as decimals? I did it with fractions:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a-b=25
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Multiply the first equation by 3, then subtract.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3a - 3b = 75
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\n" ); document.write( "0 - 7b = 71\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "b = -71/7\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Plug this into either equation to find a:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3a - 3(-71/7) = 75
\n" ); document.write( "3a + 213/7 = 75
\n" ); document.write( "3a = 75- 213/7
\n" ); document.write( "3a = 312/7
\n" ); document.write( "a = 312/21
\n" ); document.write( "a = 104/7
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