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OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):
@Michele_Laino
OpenStudy (michele_laino):
hint:
if we substitute the value of z=6 into the first and the third equation, we get:
\[\left\{ \begin{gathered}
- x + 2y + 6 = 10 \hfill \\
3x - 2y + 12 = 8 \hfill \\
\end{gathered} \right.\]
now you can solve that system using, for example, the substitution method
OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):
where does 6 go at
OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):
the x or y
OpenStudy (michele_laino):
z is 6
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OpenStudy (michele_laino):
we can rewrite that system as below:
\[\left\{ \begin{gathered}
- x + 2y = 4 \hfill \\
3x - 2y = - 4 \hfill \\
\end{gathered} \right.\]
OpenStudy (michele_laino):
Now if I add both equations each other, I get:
2x=0
so x=0
is it ok?
OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):
yes ok
OpenStudy (michele_laino):
now I substitute x=0, into the first equation, so I get:
2y=4,
what is y?
OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):
2
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OpenStudy (michele_laino):
that's right!
so the solution of your system is:x=0, y=2, and z=6
namely the first option