How do I go back to mavericks from Yosemite without a back-up

Help! I need to go back to Mavericks from Yosemite

I just purchased the laptop and upon set up I updated everything without doing a back up. But now I need to go back to using Mavericks. How do I do so, without a back up? I have no worries of losing any important files, as the laptop is brand new and I haven't done anything on here yet. But I do need to return to Mavericks. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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