document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=45811>Question 45811</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x+4y=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10+5y=-5x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-10+5y=-5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rearrange as follows,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(x+y) = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + 5y = 10 (can you see how the 2nd eqn can be rearranged to give this line?)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y = 3/4 (divde the 1st eqn by 4 on both sides)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y = 2 (divde the 2nd eqn by 5 on both sides)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hmmm,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can't have x+y equal 3/4 and equal 2 at the same time!!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This means that the equations are inconsistent, and have no solution.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You didn't make a typo somewhere ? </SPAN>\n" );
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