document.write( "Question 121110: SUBSTITUTION AND ELIMINATION
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\n" ); document.write( " TRIED ELIMINATING X BY ADDING 1&2 WHICH GAVE ME 3Y-2Z=-7 ANS. IS NOW NEW ANS.4 THEN TRIED TO SOLVE BY ELIMINATING X AGAIN BY USING1&3 WHICH CHANGED NO.3 AFTER MULT. -2(X-4Y-3Z=7 WHICH GAVE ME -2X+4Y+6Z=-14 WHICH IN TURN GAVE ME NEW ANS.5 NOW- THIS IS WHERE I GET CONFUSED DO I SOLVE FOR EITHER Y OR Z IN NEW ANSWERS 4&5 BY FINDING NEW COMMON FACTOR, THEN SOLVING? OR DO I PLACE ANY OF THE ANSWERS INTO ANOTHER PROBLEM?
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\"+2x+%2B+y+-+3z+=+0\"……………….(1)….=> \"y=+-+2x+%2B+3z\" ……… (I)
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\n" ); document.write( "\"-2x+%2B+2y+%2B+z++=+-7\"……………..(2)….=> \"z+=2x+-+2y+-7\"……………(II)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From (I) and (II) we have:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+-2x+%2B+3z\"…….(I)……….substitute \"z\" from (II)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+-2x+%2B+6x-+6y+-21%29\"…….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+4x-+6y+-21%29\"…….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+%2B6y+=+4x-21%29\"…….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7y+=+4x+-+21+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%284%2F7%29x+-+3\"……………………(III)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+x+-+4y+-+3z+=+7\"………………..(3)………..substitute \"y\" from (III)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+x+-+4%28%284%2F7%29x+-+3%29+-+3z+=+7\"………………..substitute \"z\" from (II)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+x+-+4%28%284%2F7%29x+-+3%29+-+3%282x+-+2y+-7%29+=+7\"………………..substitute \"y\" from (III)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+x+-+%28%2816%2F7%29x+-+12%29+-+%286x+-+%2824%2F7%29x+-+18%29+-21%29+=+7\"………………..solve for \"x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+-%2816%2F7%29x+-+5x+%2B+%2824%2F7%29x+%2B+15+=+7\"……………….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"++-+5x+%2B+%288%2F7%29x+%2B+15+=+7\"………………..\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"++-+5x+%2B+%288%2F7%29x+=+7+-+15\"………………..\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"++-+5x+%2B+%288%2F7%29x+=+-+8\"………………..multiply both sides by \"7\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"++-+35x+%2B+8x+=+-+56\"………………..\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"++-+27x+=+-+56\"………………..\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"++x+=+-+56%2F-27\"………………..\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+2.07\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%284%2F7%29x+-+3\"………...................(III)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%284%2F7%29%28+0.52%29+%96+3+\"……\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+%280.57%29%28+2.07%29+-+3\"……\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+1.1799+-+3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+-1.8201\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y+=+-1.8\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"z+=+2%282.07%29+%96+2%28-1.8%29+-7\"………… (II)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"z+=+4.14+%2B+3.6+-+7+\"…………\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"z+=+7.74+-+7\"…………\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"z+=+0.74\"…………\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+2%282.07%29++-1.8+%96+3+%280.74%29+=+0\"……………….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+4.14+-+1.8+-+2.22+=+0\"……………….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+4.14+-+4.02+=+0\"……………….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+4+-+4+=+0\"……………….\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+0+=+0\"……………….\r
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