document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1086832>Question 1086832</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 4ax+by=11ab<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8ax-5by=ab<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for x and y </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "8ax-5by=ab<BR>\n" );
document.write( "88ax-55by=11ab<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4ax-by=-11ab, multiplying the first by -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84ax-56by=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84ax=56by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3ax=2by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=3ax/2b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=(2/3)(by/a) or y=2by/3a<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=2 and y=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8a+3b=66<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16a-15b=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-16a-6b=-132<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-21b=-126<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8a+18=66<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "checks with second equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since a and b are equal, y=3<BR>\n" );
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