Tuesday, October 20, 2015

How can you get coefficients that are equal for x? 3x + 2y = 12 6x + 3y = 21A.Divide both sides of the top equation by 3 B.Multiply both sides of...

First, we'll identify the coefficients of
x:


- for the top equation, the coefficient of x is
3;


- for the 2nd equation, the coefficient of x is
6.


Since 6 is a multiple of 3, we'll multiply both sides of
the top equation by 2, to get equal coefficients of
x:


2*(3x + 2y) = 2*12 => 6x + 4y =
24


Therefore, in order to get equal
coefficients for x, we'll chose the correct option B:Multiply both sides of the top
equation by 2.

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