document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=71127>Question 71127</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you solve a system using the addition method\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+3(y-1)=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x-y)+8y=28 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x+3(y-1)=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x-y)+8y=28<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite the two equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1st: x+3y = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd: 2x+6y= 28<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the 1st equation by 2 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3rd: 2x+6y = 28<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As you see the two equations are the same or \"dependent\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The soltion set is the set of all points on the line 2x+3y=14<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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