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3X+5Y+2Z=20
6X+4Z=10
What is y?
I know that you divide the bottom equation by 2 and get 3X+2Z=5 and then SUBTRACT the two equations for the answer to be Y=3.
My question is why subtract and not add.
How do you know when to do either approach? If you added you would get Y=5.
Besides plugging in to find out (because it is a long process) how would you know that you safely either added or subtracted in that earlier step?
6X+4Z=10
What is y?
I know that you divide the bottom equation by 2 and get 3X+2Z=5 and then SUBTRACT the two equations for the answer to be Y=3.
My question is why subtract and not add.
How do you know when to do either approach? If you added you would get Y=5.
Besides plugging in to find out (because it is a long process) how would you know that you safely either added or subtracted in that earlier step?
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11 Aug 2019, 19:06
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Hi hannahf11
Why not adding? Because it won't help to eliminate some of the unknown variables
if you add you would get Y=5? Impossible. you must be missing something. ( revise your approach, or show me your steps to see how you got 5)
11 Aug 2019, 23:34
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hannahf11 - Welcome to GMAT Club and thank you for the query. Our forum member, Mahmoudfawzy83, has beautifully answered your query. That said, I would advice you to browse through the various forum to find the various areas. All quant related questions must be posted in the Quantitative forum.
