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I will give a simple example just to illustrate the idea, but all you have to do is multiply any of the equations by a constant to make them inversely additive values and add the equations.

.2x-.5y = 10

.5x+.3y = 15

.2 = 1/5 and .5 = 1/2 so if I multiply the first equation by -5 and the second by 2, we get the system:

-x+2.5y = -50

x+.6y = 30

(-x+2.5y = -50) + (x+.6y = 30) = (3.1y = -20)

Solving for the variables, we get y = -6.452 and x = 33.871

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