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Always write systems of equations so that like terms
line up vertically, like this:
5y - 7z = 14
2x + y + 4z = 10
2x + 6y - 3z = 30
The first equation contains only 2 letters. That is,
x is already eliminated in the first equation.
Therefore we eliminate x from the other two equations:
We multiply the 2nd equation by -1 and add it term
by term to the 3rd equation:
-2x - y - 4z = -10
2x + 6y - 3z = 30
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5y - 7z = 20
Now we put the first equation together with this one
and we now have only two equations in only two
variables:
5y - 7z = 14
5y - 7z = 20
We eliminate y by multiplying the second equation by
-1 and adding:
5y - 7z = 14
-5y + 7z = -20
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0z = -6
There can be no value of z such that when we multiply
by 0 we well get -6, so there is no solution. The
system of equations is said to be INCONSISTENT.
Edwin