document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=661381>Question 661381</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> - 3x + y = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       - 3x + 5y = 34    \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3x + y = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x + 5y = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the first equation by a negative<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(-3x+y=14) yields 3x - y = -14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add the second equation to the first<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + -3x + -y + 5y = -14 + 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute y into the first equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x + 5 = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x = 14 - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3 </SPAN>\n" );
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