The two equations can be added directly to eliminate because their -coefficients are exact opposites ( and ). When equations with opposite coefficients for the same variable are added term by term, those terms cancel out to zero, leaving a one-variable equation in .
Conditions: The system has been reduced to integer coefficients: and .; The equations are aligned term-by-term before addition.
The two equations can be added directly to eliminate because their -coefficients are exact opposites ( and ). When equations with opposite coefficients for the same variable are added term by term, those terms cancel out to zero, leaving a one-variable equation in .
Conditions: The system has been reduced to integer coefficients: and .; The equations are aligned term-by-term before addition.