document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=583176>Question 583176</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve each system by the elimination method. Check each solution\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-y=-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+y=-15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x-y=10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x-y=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5x+2y=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x+2y=-19 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Check the x and y values in each equation and get one of them to cancel out by multiplying one whole equation equation to make the x or y values cancel out. So pretty much you are doing this with one of the values x + -x = 0. No matter what x equals in that formula they would equal 0. However all of your problems cancel out except the last one. I'll go over the first one, the last one is the trickier one, but if you follow my directions you can do it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-y=-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x+y=4        The y's already cancel out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x=-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x=4          Add both of these up.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x=-8         Divide by 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -2        Plug newly found variable into one of the ORIGINAL equations given.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(-2)-y=-12   Solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6-y=-12      Add 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-y=-6         Multiply by -1(or just do this in your head.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=6 and x=4   Plug them into the equations and check if they work. </SPAN>\n" );
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