document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=482664>Question 482664</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help solve. Thanks!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the linear system: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2x+y=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-2y=9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x-2y=9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply 1st expression by 2, rewrite 2nd expression as is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x+2y=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-2y=9 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When you add these expressions: -4x & 4x cancell out; 2y & -2y cancell out.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The resault you get is 0=19, since 0 can not be equal to 19 this is a CONTRADICTION.  </SPAN>\n" );
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