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sanchez18: 4 months ago via Android

how can i solve by elimination
2x+2y=-4
3x=3y+12
how can i get the pair up so i can eliminate y or x

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Quester2011: 4 months ago

Ok to eliminate you want one side of each of the equations to be the same. So if you isolate the x in the top equation, and multiply everything three, you get 6x=-12 - 6y
Then multiply the bottom equation you multiply by 2 and it becomes 6x=6y+12
Subtract the top equation from the bottom equation. You get 6x - 6x = (6y+12)-(-12-6y)
The 6x - 6x becomes zero, so 0 = 6y + 12 + 12 + 6y and now you can solve for y.

Do the same method, but isolate the "y" instead of the x, and the y's will cancel so you can solve for x.

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rogerbernier2: 4 months ago

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Jasonstatham: 4 months ago

Multiply (2x +2y=-4) by 3, and (3x =3y+12) by 2. Then subtract the two equations.x will be eliminated

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