document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=773294>Question 773294</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the system by addition.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 4y = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x – 2y = –22<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 4y = 2  ---- eqn(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x – 2y = –22 ----- eqn (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the second equation by 2, to make the y coefficient as -4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x - 4y = -44 ----- call this eqn (3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now, adding eqn(1) to eqn(3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 6x + 4y - 4y = 2 - 44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x = -42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -42/7 = -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substituting for x in eqn(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6 + 4y = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y = 8, or y = 8/4 = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solution: x = -6, y = 2<BR>\n" );
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