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document.write( "You start with this system of equations\r\n" );
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document.write( " -  = ,   (1) \r\n" );
document.write( " +  = .   (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add the two equations. The terms with y will cancel, and you will get a single equation for x\r\n" );
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document.write( " = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, x =  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now distract the equation (1) from the equation (2). Then the terms with x will cancel, and you will get single equation for y.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Please complete it yourself. You are just in the straightforward way.\r\n" );
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