document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=714193>Question 714193</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Using linear combinations, how would you solve:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m+3n=2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-m+2n=3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "m+3n=2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0m+5n=5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5n = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n = 5/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now use this to find m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m+3n=2 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m+3(1)=2 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m + 3 = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = 2 - 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = -1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the solutions are m = -1 and n = 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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