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To work out simultaneous equations, the aim is to remove one letter from the equations, i.e. Remove the y's so you have only x's and numbers (or vice versa).

One way to do ...

We need to have either the same number of x's or the same number of y's in each equation so that we can add or subtract them to be left with just x or just y. We can do this by multiplying the second e...

1) Let x=0.565656...

2) Thus 100x=56.565656...

3) Subtracting equation 1) from 2) gives:

99x=56

4) Rearrange for x:

x=56/99, Also x...