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Question 243957: Please solve Using Substitution:

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Question 243956: Please solve Using Substitution:

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Question 244044: Would you please show me how to solve the eqation for the variable indicated in this problem? X = 5y for y Thank you for your time and help!

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Question 244256: please help me solve
y=2x+7
3x-y=-9
i have tried to solve it but cant get it right and i dont know what im doing wrong
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Question 244266: How do I solve this equation for the variable indicated? I appreciate your help!
3m-7n = p for m
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Question 244261: please help me solve
-2x+3y=11
x=4y-3
i get how to do the easier problems but i just really got stuck on this one
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Question 244341: Solve by the substitution method. I have part of this I will add it here and hopefully someone can help me with the last part.
Solve by the substitution method.
8x+2y=-46
-6x+y=47
Ok, so you start with the second equation to make it more simple.
1(-6x+47)
y=-6x+47
Substitute that for y in the first equation.
8x+2(-6x+47)=-46
8x-12+94=-46
Collect like terms.
-4x+94-94=-46+94
-4x=48
x=-12
Is this correct so far?
So next you would take -12 and substitute it into the second equation.
-6(-12)+47
72+47
y=119
So my ordered pair would be
(-12,119)
except I know this is wrong, I am just wondering exactly what I did wrong here. Thanks in advance.

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Question 244391: Ok, here is the next problem that I am facing. I can figure the first part, but cannot make sense of the second part.
5x+3y=-11
7x-2y=-17
2(5x+3y=-11) =
10x+6y=-33
3(7x-2y=17)=
21x-6y=51
10x+6y=-33
21x+6y=51
31x=18
x=18
31

Correct so far right?
Here is what I can not figure out: I would then take X and substitute into either one of the equations.
I chose the second one.
7(18/31)-2y=17
No logically, I would need to eliminate the y out of the equation somehow, but how?
7(18/31)-2y+2y=17, but then I would have to add it back on behind the 17 right?
Here is what the example from Mathlab shows:
So the only answer that I can derive from this is by multiplying 7(18/31) which equals 126/31, now what??? What do I do with the rest of the equation?
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Question 244459: 2r+6 divided by 5 = -4
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Question 244482: How do I solve this equation for the variable indicated?
a+3/b = c for a ( that reads a+3 all over b I do not know how to write it better -thanks!)
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Question 244458: 24x/35y * 14y/8x
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Question 244489: x+8 / 4 = 6
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Question 244494: Ax+By=C
how do u solve this
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Question 244625: Identify the variable
If the line that passes through (5,d) and (9,2) 1/2 the slope of -3/4 find the equation of the line associated with the point.
How can I find the line associated with the point especially when I don't have a number and the number is replaced with a letter?
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Question 244623: If the Product of a number and -3 is reduced by 5, the result is 25 less than twice the opposite of the number . find the number
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Question 244690: Below is an algebra expression from my text that I help on how to do step by step.
"The rate, given that the distance is 200 feet and the time is x + 3 seconds."
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Question 244694: Solve by the elimination method.
5x+3y=-11
7x-2y=17
I did a solution to this one and would love to know if I did it correctly. Thanks in advance.
Ok, I think I may have puzzled through it. Let me see here.
I am gonna start from the very beginning but with the CORRECT signs on all of the numbers, a mistake that I made when I originally typed this question.
5x+3y=-11
7x-2y=17
2(5x)+2(3y)=2(-11)
3(7x)-3(2y=3(17)
10x+6y=-22
21x-6y=51
31x=29
x=29/31
Is this correct so far?
5(29/31)+3y=-11
145/31+3y=-11
3y=-11-145/31...am I on the right track?
31(-11)-145
-486/31
-486/3=-162
y=-162/31
Ok, hopefully this is correct.
I am sorry for taking up so much of your time, and I want you to know that I REALLY appreciate you trying to help me through this. I really feel like I am a lost cause at this point though.

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Question 244685: please help me solve this equation : 6=1-2n+5
I tried it and came up with 2 diffrent answers .
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Question 244786: I can't figure out how to solve for x. My problem is xc - 5 = y. I missed the day they discussed this and I'm lost. Please help - Thanks!
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Question 244746: How i solve this problem 10x^2-19x+6
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Question 244847: I have to use substitution to solve the equation below & don't know where or how to begin:
3x-5y=11
x-3y=1
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Question 244871: x/3=2/10
can u show step by step how you got the answer and thank you
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Question 244869: solve using substitution...how do I go about solving this problem?
c-5d=2
2c+d=4
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Question 244870: i need to solve using substitution. how do i go about solving this problem:
5r-s=5
-4r+5s=17
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Question 245021: write and solve an equation for each situation.
The great Seto Bridge in Japan is about 7.6mi long. How long would it take you to cross the bridge if you were walking at 4mi/h?
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Question 245053: tennis balls are sold in packages of three balls.
number of balls / number of packages
30 / 10
72 / 24
378 / 126
999 / 333
t /
I can't remember how to find t. I don' see a pattern.
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Question 245332: machine A can fill a gallon container in 7 minutes while machine B can fill the same container in 5 minutes. create an equation and determine how long it would take if they filled the container at the same time.
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Question 245361: the expenditure,E(t), in billions of dollars, by oil companies for new oil and natural gas projects can be approximated by the equation E(t)=7t^-7.8+82.2, where t is the number of years since 2001.
A) find the expenditure of oil companies for new oil and gas projects in 2004?
B)if this trend continues, in what year will the expenditure be $579 billion?
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Question 245456: Use the functin below to solve for t in terms of the other variable.
A= P (1+r/n)^nt
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Question 245617: If Laura can type a page in p minutes, what piece or the page can she do in 5 minutes?
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Question 245668: how do I solve: 7h+8k-4(2h-3k)

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Question 245731: the perimeter of my bedroom is 56 feet. the length is 8 more then the width. what are the dimensions of my room?
thanks.
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Question 245867: What do you do when you have a variable on both sides
Example 2g+14+5g=8g-3+8
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Question 245867: What do you do when you have a variable on both sides
Example 2g+14+5g=8g-3+8
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Question 245853: 28=-4(N+15)
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Question 245858: 6B+4=2(2B+1)
I did 6b+2b is 8B
4+1is 5 multiplied by 2 is 10
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Question 245958: g(x) = √( x - 1) + √(2x), find all values of x for which g(x) = 6
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Question 246143: 7x − 8 = −9x + −104
2x = 2(−16 + 5x)

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Question 246218:
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Question 246408: Use elimination to solve each system of equations
x + 4=180
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Question 246488: 73 multiplied by 67, using the formula (a+b)(a-b)
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Question 246507: ten liters of 4% acid solution must be mixed with a 10% solution to get a 6% solution. How many liters of the 10% solution are needed?
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Question 246610: 2x - 3y = 2
5x + 4y = 28 to solve this problem use elimination of multiplication
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Question 246608: 5x - 2y = -15
3x + 3y = 12 to solve this problem you use elimination of multiplication
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