document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=443751>Question 443751</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve using the elimination method.Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this. <BR>\n" );
document.write( " 14x +18y= -54<BR>\n" );
document.write( " -4x -14y=  42 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " 14x +18y= -54<BR>\n" );
document.write( " -4x -14y=  42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide them both by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 7x+9y=-27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x-7y= 21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply the first by 4 and the second by 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "28x+36y=-108<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-28x-49y=147<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-13y=39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug 3 in for y in any equation and solve for x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x-7y=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x+21=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=0<BR>\n" );
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