document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=468403>Question 468403</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am having problems with solving by elimination...problem example:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3a+2b=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a-4b=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then I do not understand how this gives me an ordered pair. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-3a+2b=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a-4b=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2b=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your ordered pair is (1/3,1/2).. </SPAN>\n" );
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