document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=979254>Question 979254</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the system of equations by the method of elimination.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-x + 4y = -11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x - y = -8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "11x - y = -8; multiply this one by 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-x + 4y = -11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44x-4y=-32  ; now add the two and y disappears\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "43x=-43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substitute in either one.  I will use the first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1+4y=-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y=-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check with the second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-11-(-3)=-8  checks.<BR>\n" );
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