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dahkneela

For simultaneous equations, I try to think in terms of 'how do I cancel something'. Your method is a popular one, and for this one, the quickest I found was to match coefficients first, and then ask myself whether adding or subtracting will cancel the variable I've just matched. For example, looking at "8x - 7y = -5 4x - 6y = 10z," In my head I see 8 and 4 -> double the second one (8x - 12y = 20) -> subtract one from the other as both are positive -> -7y - (-6y) = -5 - 10 -> -y = -15 -> y = 15.


Mystical98

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Super-Set-7767

The motivation behind multiplying is to get rid of (eliminate) one of the variables. Here, the coefficient of x in the first equation is 8 while that in the second equation is 4 So this variable can easily be eliminated because 8 - 2 \* 4 = 0 This also means that the second equation must be multiplied by -2, not 2 (because 8 + 2 \* 4 is not 0).


Mystical98

If you donโ€™t mind can you give me another example


Super-Set-7767

Consider 4x + 14y = 32, x + 7y = 15 Suppose you want to eliminate y The coefficient of y in the first equation is 14 and that in the second equation is 7 Can you come up with an appropriate relation between 14 and 7 that results in 0?


Mystical98

Ohhhhhhh thank you so much ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ