document.write( "Question 1064396: I need to solve the following by elimination:\r
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document.write( "I think you must have copied it wrong.  To have the solution\r\n" );
document.write( "(3,-4) it would have to be\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put a 1 where you have -I1 then it comes out the answer (3,-4).\r\n" );
document.write( "You can eliminate y just by adding the two equations term by \r\n" );
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