document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=982720>Question 982720</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the value of x to 2 decimal places if the following two equations are solved simultaneously?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         ax + by = c\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         kx + my = n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where a = 24 , b = 5, c = 34, k = 5, m = 15 and n = -20. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax+%2B+by+=+c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax+%2B+by+=+c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.....eq.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=kx+%2B+my+=+n ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"kx+%2B+my+=+n\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.....eq.2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a+=+24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a+=+24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > , <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b+=+5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b+=+5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c+=+34 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c+=+34\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=k+=+5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"k+=+5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+m+=+15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+m+=+15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n+=+-20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n+=+-20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, then we have\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=24x+%2B+5y+=+34 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"24x+%2B+5y+=+34\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.....eq.1.....both sides multiply by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x+%2B+15y+=+-20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x+%2B+15y+=+-20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.....eq.2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=72x+%2B+15y+=+102 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"72x+%2B+15y+=+102\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.....eq.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x+%2B+15y+=+-20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x+%2B+15y+=+-20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.....eq.2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=72x+-5x+++=+122 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"72x+-5x+++=+122\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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