document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=635926>Question 635926</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help please?!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SOLVE THE SYSTEM:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/x+3/y-2/z=-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3/x-18/y+5/z=4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5/x+3/y-1/z=1 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #400659 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=DrBeeee><B>DrBeeee(684)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=DrBeeee><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=400659\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The inverse of variables is turning you up side down! Fix it!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Merely let a = 1/x, b = 1/y and c = 1/z and yield the friendly 3x3 system of equations<BR>\n" );
document.write( "           2a +  3b - 2c = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "           3a - 18b + 5c =  4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "           5a +  3b -  c =  1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use Mathcad or your handy dandy TI-84 to get a, b and c. Then just get their inverse to get x, y, and z. You can also solve \"by hand\" using the inverse of a 3x3 matrix. </SPAN>\n" );
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