SOLUTION: Verify that the ordered pair (3, 2) is a solution to the equation 3x + 4y = 17

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Question 264820: Verify that the ordered pair (3, 2) is a solution to the equation
3x + 4y = 17

Answer by unlockmath(1688)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Another way of writing (3,2) is x=3 and y=2. Knowing this we can plug the numbers into the equation like this:
3(3) + 4(2) = 17 Now do the calculations to get :
9+8=17 There we go. It works out.
Make sense?
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