document.write( "Question 415775: In the following system of equations, what does x equal?
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document.write( "Hi
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document.write( "solving System by Elimination
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document.write( "8x - 8y = 16
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document.write( "4x + 4y = -72 \r
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document.write( "8x - 8y = 16
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document.write( "8x + 8y = -144
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document.write( "  16x = -128
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document.write( "    x = -8   and y = -10     |(-72-(-32))/4 = -40/4   |using 2nd Eq\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( "  8x - 8y = 16
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document.write( " -64 + 80 = 16 \n" );
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