document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=984412>Question 984412</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm having trouble solving this equation with fractions. I have to solve by linear combination.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/3x+1/6y=2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "&#8722;y=12&#8722;2x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #605223 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39630)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=605223\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can clear the denominators, and then, if you know what to do with \"linear combinations\", you should be find.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(2/3)x+(1/6)y=2/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equivalent system is <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Clearing the fractions in the first equation probably not immediately necessary for linear combinations.  Would you form a square all-values matrix multiplied by a column variable matrix and equate this to an all-values column matrix? </SPAN>\n" );
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