If you were to use the elimination method to solve the following system, choose the new system of equations that would result after the variable z is eliminated in the second and third equations, then the first and second equations.

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5x + 2y + z = –2 
3x + 4y + 3z = 2 
–4x – 3y – 3z = 1

A.  5x + 2y = –2 
3x + 4y = 2

B.  –x + y = 3 
–12x – 2y = 8

C.  5x + 2y = –2 
–12x – 2y = 8

D.  x – y = –3 
3x + 4y = 2