document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=970398>Question 970398</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have to do the following equation as an elimination and I'm a little confused.  I did it on a graph and also as a substitution but got a little confused with this method.  Here's the equation.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-x+8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can someone please show me the way to do the elimination way with steps so I can see where I went wrong.  Thanks in advance! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -x+8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2y = 0x + 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So if 2y = 4, then y = 2 (divide both sides by 2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now use y = 2 to get the value of x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = x-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 = x-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-4 = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 2+4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the solutions are x = 6 and y = 2. Stated as an ordered pair, the solution is (6,2) </SPAN>\n" );
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