document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=626152>Question 626152</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this:   I have tried numerous differnt ways and keep getting nowhere.     The problem is :  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( "-5x + 4y = -16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-15x + 2y = -58  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #394000 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=394000\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hint: Multiply EVERY term in the second equation by -2 to go from \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-15x + 2y = -58 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "30x - 4y = 116\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5x + 4y = -16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font color=\"blue\">-15x + 2y = -58 </font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "turns into \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5x + 4y = -16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font color=\"blue\">30x - 4y = 116 </font> </SPAN>\n" );
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