document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=909480>Question 909480</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider the system: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3ax-2ay=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-y=1/a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Fix the x coordinate of the solution. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #551895 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=551895\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Same as the system <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%283ax-2ay=1%2C2ax-ay=1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%283ax-2ay=1%2C2ax-ay=1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Use Elimination Method; multiply the second equation by 2, subtract one equation from the other to eliminate y, and solve first for x.  Simplify if needed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You would use <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%283ax-2ay=1%2C4ax-2ay=2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%283ax-2ay=1%2C4ax-2ay=2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is an equivalent system.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=1 </SPAN>\n" );
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