document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=607867>Question 607867</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve using the elimination method. Show your work. If the system has no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6x – 4y = 19\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24x - 16y = -76 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "6x – 4y = 19 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-24x + 16y = -76\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now add this to the second equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   -24x + 16y = -76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "+   24x - 16y = -76<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     0x + 0y = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "giving us 0 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since that last equation is ALWAYS true, this means that there are an infinite number of solutions.\r<BR>\n" );
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