document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=19174>Question 19174</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve by addition\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x - y = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - y = 4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Want proof?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-y=-3 times -1 yields -x+y=3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now add the two equations together:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x+y=3 plus x-y=4 yields 0=7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do you see now why there is no solution? </SPAN>\n" );
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