SOLUTION: Solve ax+by+c=0 and bx+ay+c=0 by the elimination method, thanks.

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Question 1111880: Solve ax+by+c=0 and bx+ay+c=0
by the elimination method, thanks.

Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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ax + by + c = 0     (1)
bx + ay + c = 0     (2)


Equivalently

ax + by = -c        (3)
bx + ay = -c        (4)


Multiply eq(3) by b (both sides).  Multiply eq(4) by a (both sides).  You will get


abx + b^2y = -bc    (5)
abx + a^2y = -ac    (6)


Subtract (5) from (6). In this way, you eliminate "x" :


(a^2 - b^2)y = -c*(a-b)  ====>  y =  %28-c%2A%28a-b%29%29%2F%28a%5E2-b%5E2%29 = %28-c%2A%28a-b%29%29%2F%28%28a-b%29%2A%28a%2Bb%29%29 = // cancel (a-b) // = %28-c%29%2F%28a%2Bb%29.


What I did is: I started from (3),(4) and eliminated x; in this way I got y.


Now  YOU  return to (3),(4);  eliminate y and get x.

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