document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=108482>Question 108482</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the system by addition.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	4x – 6y = –1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	8x + 3y = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x + 3y = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is also called elimination, you want to eliminate one of the variables.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So we will try to eliminate the x, so I will multiply the first equation by -2,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-2)4x-6y=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8x+12y=2----new equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now lets take the new equation and add it to the original second;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cross+++%288x%29%2B3y=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cross+++%288x%29%2B3y=3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15y=5 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we will plug y=1/3 into one of the original equations for y;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-6(1/3)=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-2=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(1/4)-6(1/3)=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1-2=-1<BR>\n" );
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