SOLUTION: What is the answer to the system of equation below? 2x+3z=2 3x+6y=6 x-2z=8

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Question 333703: What is the answer to the system of equation below?
2x+3z=2
3x+6y=6
x-2z=8

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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system%282x%2B3z=2%2C%0D%0A3x%2B6y=6%2C%0D%0Ax-2z=8%29

The first and third equations are in x and z only, 
that is, neither has a y terms, so we start by taking them
as a system of 2 equations in 2 unknowns.

system%282x%2B3z=2%2C%0D%0Ax-2z=8%29 

Multiply the second equation through by -2:

system%282x%2B3z=2%2C%0D%0A-2x%2B4z=-16%29 

We get 

7z=-14 or

z=-2

Substituting in 

x-2z=8

x-2%28-2%29=8

x%2B4=8

x=4

Substitute that in the original equation which contained y:

3x%2B6y=6

3%284%29%2B6y=6

12%2B6y=6

6y=-6

y=-1

So the solution is (x,y,z,) = (4,-1,-2)

Edwin