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What do you do if a variable does not cancel out?

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It always cancels out lol
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In general, if you have an equation in which all your variables cancel out, then it tells you that your equation is either true or false, independently of the vaues your variables take. In your example, you arrive at the equation 0=1, which is false. No matter what values you take for x and y, it will never be true.
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