document.write( "Question 755489: 4x + 7y = -16
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4x + 7y = -16
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " The elimination method basically targets one of the variables and eliminates it. For this problem, let's eliminate y. To do so we need to multiply the second equation by 7.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We multiplied by 7 because we want the y's to cancel out. For this to happen you need to have the same value but just negatives of each other. Now the next step is to add the equations:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now solve like normal and you should -4 for x. Now just replace x with -4 in the equations and you can find y.\r
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