document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=948990>Question 948990</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this system of equations \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X=y-11 and x-3y=1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x=y-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-3y=1 Add 3y to each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3y+1 Substitute first equation for x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-11=3y+1 Subtract y from each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-11=2y+1 Subtract 1 from each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-12=2y Divide each side by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6=y ANSWER 1:y=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=y-11=-6-11=-17 ANSWER 2: x=-17<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=y-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-17=-6-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-17=-17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-3y=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-17-3(-6)=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-17-(-18)=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1=1<BR>\n" );
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