document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=712835>Question 712835</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> first clear of fractions then solve using substitution\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/2 - y/3= 5/6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/5 - y/4= 29/10 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x/2 - y/3= 5/6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/5 - y/4= 29/10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I wouldn't do it that way, but...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the 1st eqn by 6 & and the 2nd by 20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x - 2y = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x - 5y = 58<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the 1st eqn by 4 and the 2nd by 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x - 8y = 20 --> 12x = 8y+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x -15y = 174<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sub for 12x in the 2nd eqn<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(8y+20) - 15y = 174<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7y = 154<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -22<BR>\n" );
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