document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=962420>Question 962420</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve by the addition method (elimination)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x - 4y = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 5y = 14 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 5y + (2x -4y) = 24 + 14 (#2 + #1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + y = 38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 38 - 5x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute back into one of the original equations (#1 or #2, it doesn't matter; I will substitute into #2), to get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 5y = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 5(38 - 5x) = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 190 - 25x = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "190 - 22x = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "22x = 176<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now do one final substitution to get the value of y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 38 - 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 38 - 5(8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your solution is x = 8, y = -2. </SPAN>\n" );
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