SOLUTION: Consider the system: 3ax-2ay=1 2x-y=1/a Fix the x coordinate of the solution.

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Question 909480: Consider the system:
3ax-2ay=1
2x-y=1/a
Fix the x coordinate of the solution.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Same as the system system%283ax-2ay=1%2C2ax-ay=1%29. Use Elimination Method; multiply the second equation by 2, subtract one equation from the other to eliminate y, and solve first for x. Simplify if needed.

You would use system%283ax-2ay=1%2C4ax-2ay=2%29 which is an equivalent system.

x=1