document.write( "Question 556004: what is the first step to this equation
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Algebra.Com's Answer #362008 by TutorDelphia(193)\"\" \"About 
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The first step to solving it? I'd multiple the second equation by -2 (and then add the two equations together causing the x term to drop out, solve for y and then plug in the value I got for y into one of the two initial equations) \n" ); document.write( "
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