document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=695037>Question 695037</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you solve this equation using the elimination method?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a+7b=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+2b=-3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a+2b=-3 subtract <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5b=10 divide by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now plug in 2 for b in either equation and solve for a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+2(2)=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+4=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=-7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=-7, b=2 </SPAN>\n" );
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