document.write( "Question 457527: Can someone help me solve the solution of the system by using the elimination method to find the solution?\r
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document.write( "This is written:\r\n" );
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document.write( " x + 5y = 20\r\n" );
document.write( "-x + 8 = 19\r\n" );
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document.write( "but it's being solved as if it were\r\n" );
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document.write( " x + 5y = 20\r\n" );
document.write( "-x + 8y = 19\r\n" );
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document.write( "Is that second term in the second equation supposed to 8, or 8y?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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