document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=116994>Question 116994</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I really didn't know where to submit this question but I have been working on it for sometime and I'm not even sure how to get 2 equations by eliminating a variable. Should you in every circumsatnce of solving linear systems, attempt to first eliminate the x variable? Please help!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve the linear system without using matrices or determinants\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x-2y+z=-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+y+2z=-2<BR>\n" );
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