Consider the equations and

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Problem

Consider the equations

6x + 5y = 14

and

8x - 7y = 10

. To eliminate

y

by adding the two equations, the first and second equations should be multiplied by the smallest integers

m

and

n

respectively. The ordered pair

(m, n)

is: (a)

(4, 3)

(b)

(7, 5)

(c)

(5, 7)

(d)

(7, 7)