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document.write( "3x+3y=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X-3y=-4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How do you solve this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+3y=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X-3y=-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 3y = 24 ----- eq (i)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 3y = -4 ----- eq (ii)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add eqs (ii) & (i) to eliminate y and determine the value of x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute the x-value into any of the two original equations to determine the value of y\r<BR>\n" );
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