Posted by Donald on Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 3:59am.
Multiply your first equation by -9 and the second equation by 2.
-18r + 81s = 153
18r + 4s = 102
Next, add those two equations to eliminate the "r" variable.
85s = 255
Take it from there
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