solve the system using the elimination method 6x-12y= 16 and 3x-6y=8

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anonymous · Answer

do you know what the elimination method is?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah how do you solve the equation?

anonymous · Answer

which variable do you think would be easier to eliminate?

anonymous · Answer

i guess y?

anonymous · Answer

actually...looking at this equation, there are infinitely many answers
this is true because you can pick any value for x and y and the equations will work
this can be seen because the equations are the same. Multiply the second one by 2, and it turns out to be the first one. Subtract the second one from the first one, and you get 0=0, which is true for all x and y, so there are infinitely many solutions