document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=144185>Question 144185</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if -2x+7y=-8 and x-6y=10 then what does x-y equal? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATIONS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x + 7y = -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x  - 6y = 10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 6y + 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2(6y+10) + 7y = -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-12y - 20 + 7y = -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5y = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -12/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute into x = 6y +10 to solve for \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6(-12/5) +10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (-72/5) + (50/5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -22/5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So x-y = -22/5 - (-12/5) = -10/5 = -2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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