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pinkey1995
Jun 21, 2011, 08:09 PM
-3x-3y=-6
x+6y=-8

help please...

jcaron2
Jun 21, 2011, 08:22 PM
If you double the first equation, you can then add the two equations together and the y-terms will cancel. That will allow you to solve for x. Once you know x, you can just substitute its value into either of the equations, and solve for y.

pinkey1995
Jun 21, 2011, 08:32 PM
Can to please solve it?

pinkey1995
Jun 21, 2011, 08:35 PM
Can you just solve it please?

pinkey1995
Jun 21, 2011, 08:37 PM
And thank youu so muccch!

jcaron2
Jun 21, 2011, 08:42 PM
I can help YOU solve it, but I can't do your homework FOR you.

It'll just take a second if we work through it together. :)

What do you get when you double the first equation? (In other words, multiply every term by two).

pinkey1995
Jun 21, 2011, 08:43 PM
I got it! Thankkkksss sooo mucccch!

jcaron2
Jun 21, 2011, 08:44 PM
Or if you just want to know if you got the right answer, post what you got and I'll tell you if it's right.

jcaron2
Jun 21, 2011, 08:45 PM
Good job!

pinkey1995
Jun 21, 2011, 08:48 PM
I got it! -_-

pinkey1995
Jun 21, 2011, 08:48 PM
Thankkks :)

Unknown008
Jun 21, 2011, 10:54 PM
Hi pinkey1995, please avoid abusing the cmment feature and think well of your post before typing and submitting it.


i got it! -_-

Notice also that jcaron2 said that before you said you got it.

pinkey1995
Jun 22, 2011, 11:17 AM
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Pratik_Pradhan
Jun 23, 2011, 09:51 AM
Multiply first equation by 2
Then add them or simplify the two equations
-3x-3y=-6
==>-6x-6y=-12
+x+6y=-8
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-5x=-20
Divide both sides by -5
x=4 (Ans-1)
Substituting value of x in Ans-1 in the second equation.
4+6y=-8
Now, you will get after simplifying it as
y=(-8-4)/6=-2
Thus, y=-2 (Ans-2)
Check both the answers with the given equation, both sides of each equation must satisfy.

Unknown008
Jun 23, 2011, 10:00 AM
pinkey1995, what I'm telling you, is to post at one time only when possible and not many times in a row.


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Pratik_Pradhan DON'T answer a thread where the solution was already solved, unless you are bringing a new faster/simpler method to solve the question.

Also, read the previous posts and check the date the question was asked. Don't answer old threads and be sure that the question is still on going.

Thank you for reading this and considering it :)

pinkey1995
Jun 23, 2011, 07:25 PM
Thanks so much!