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Solve the following simultaneous equations for $x$ and $y$ . Input your answers as fractions or integers, not as decimals.

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

a	integer	5
c	integer	5
b	integer	1
that	number	1
this	number	3
fromorto	string	from
s1	integer	-1
s6	integer	-1
a1	integer	4
aort	string	take away the equation
a2	number	5
b1	integer	3
b2	integer	3
sc	integer	1
sb	integer	1
sa	integer	1
sc1	integer	-1
c1	integer	-9

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$\begin{eqnarray} \simplify[std]{{a}x+{b}y}&=&\var{c}\\ \simplify[std]{{a1}x+{b1}y}&=&\var{c1} \end{eqnarray}$

$x=\phantom{{}}$ Gap 0., $y=\phantom{{}}$ Gap 1.

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$\begin{eqnarray} \simplify[std]{{a}x+{b}y}&=&\var{c}&\mbox{ ........(1)}\\ \simplify[std]{{a1}x+{b1}y}&=&\var{c1}&\mbox{ ........(2)} \end{eqnarray}$
To get a solution for

$x$ multiply equation (1) by {this} and equation (2) by {that}

This gives:

$\begin{eqnarray} \simplify[std]{{a*this}x+{b*this}y}&=&\var{this*c}&\mbox{ ........(3)}\\ \simplify[std]{{a1*that}x+{b1*that}y}&=&\var{that*c1}&\mbox{ ........(4)} \end{eqnarray}$
Now {aort} (4) {fromorto} equation (3) to get

$\simplify[std]{({a*this}+{s6*a1*that})x={this*c}+{s6*that*c1}}$
And so we get the solution for

$x$ :

$x = \simplify{{c*b1-b*c1}/{b1*a-a1*b}}$
Substituting this value into any of the equations (1) and (2) gives:

$y = \simplify{{c*a1-a*c1}/{b*a1-a*b1}}$
You can check that these solutions are correct by seeing if they satisfy both equations (1) and (2) by substituting these values into the equations.

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