document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=863842>Question 863842</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the echelon method to solve this system of two equations in two unknowns \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/2 + y = 3/2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/3 + y = 1/3  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x/3 + y = 1/3 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract second equation from first<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/6 = 7/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply both sides of = by 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substitute for x in first equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7/2 + y = 3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -4/2 = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solution is x = 7, y = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check answer by substituting in second equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7/3 -2 = 1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/3 = 1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "our answer checks  :-)<BR>\n" );
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