I am not sure what these methods are, but in real life I would get the to equations to look like:
-3y = f1(x)
and
-3y = f2(x)
At that point, I am done with the y variable, and I solve:
f1(x) = f2(x).
So what method did I just do (just curious)?
Hm?... I definitely like this method that you have posted.