document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=6266>Question 6266</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is on elimination. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+y=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x-y=1 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I just asked this question, and the answers that you gave me were  (1/4,-3/4) And the 1/4 checks, but the -3/4 doesn't check... So now i'm really confused, because this doesn't seem right.. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+y=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x-y=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now by simulteneous eqns y gets cut !!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we know tat 8x=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore x=1/4 (u got till here correct)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now if we substitute the value of x in eqn-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we get-<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/4 + y =1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 1 - 1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  = 4-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  -------<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore y = 3/4 (not -3/4) </SPAN>\n" );
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