I love musical stars
Each row and column has the total given. What is the value of the heart symbol?
Problem
What is the value of
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Student Solutions
Answer: $3$
Substitution
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Elimination
Consider the third column:
$2$
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and the second row:
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$2 \times (2) - (1)$ yields:
$3$
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So
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