Solving the system 3xy-2xz=-1, -xy-xz=-1, -2xy+3xz=2

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Substitute a=xy and b=xz and solve the linear system.

Another way you can do it is by factoring out x.
 
It is giving you a solution,
[tex] y=\frac{1}{5x}\qquad z=\frac{4}{5x}[/tex]
In fact that is an infinite number of solutions, since [itex]x[/itex] is just a free-parameter. You get this because not all of your equations are independent. In other words, one of the equations can be written as a linear combination of the other two.