document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=70237>Question 70237</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -5x+3y = 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+2y = -21\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i have gotten the answer from the solver, but i am lost on working out the problem since the solver doesnt show all the work..\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "can you please finish the problem showing all the work so i can try and follow.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thank you </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #50094 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=50094\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">       \r\n" );
document.write( "            -5x+3y = 11\r\n" );
document.write( "             3x+2y = -21               </PRE>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First you need to cancel out one variable so you can solve for the other, I chose x since they have opposite signs. You need to make the bottom variable of x equal to the top variable so they cancel out. You can multiply the top by 3 and the bottom by 5.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "            3(-5x+3y = 11)\r\n" );
document.write( "             5(3x+2y = -21)               </PRE>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It then becomes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "            -15x+9y = 33\r\n" );
document.write( "             15x+10y = -105               </PRE>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now add the individual components together, for instance add -15x and 15x to get 0x and so on to get<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "             0x+19y=-72       </PRE>    <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now solve for y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=19y=-72 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"19y=-72\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Divide both sides by 19.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=-72%2F19=-3.78947368421053 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=-72%2F19=-3.78947368421053\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Approximately<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now plug this y value into either equation to solve for x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%2B2%28-72%2F19%29+=+-21 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%2B2%28-72%2F19%29+=+-21\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x-144%2F19=-21 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x-144%2F19=-21\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Multiply by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x=-21%2B144%2F19 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x=-21%2B144%2F19\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Add 144/19 to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x=-399%2F19%2B144%2F19 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x=-399%2F19%2B144%2F19\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Find common denominator<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x=-255%2F19 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x=-255%2F19\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Simplify<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=-255%2F57=-4.47368421052632 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=-255%2F57=-4.47368421052632\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Approximately<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So x=-255/57 and y=-72/19 </SPAN>\n" );
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