SOLUTION: this is a method of elimination A-2B=16 B+3=3A

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Question 163867: this is a method of elimination
A-2B=16
B+3=3A
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.A-2B=16
2.B%2B3=3A
Use eq. 2 to find an expression for B in terms of A.
2.B%2B3=3A
B=3A-3
Now substitute this expression into eq. 1 and solve for A,
1.A-2B=16
A-2%283A-3%29=16
A-6A%2B6=16
-5A=10
A=-2
From eq. 2,
B=3A-3
B=3%28-2%29-3
B=-6-3
B=-9
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Check your answers using the equations.
1.A-2B=16
-2-2%28-9%29=16
-2%2B18=16
16=16
True.
2.B%2B3=3A
-9%2B3=3%28-2%29
-6=-6
True.
Good answers.