document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=155406>Question 155406</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073533490/algebrahomeworkh>Elementary and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is the addition method, you have to multiply before you add to get the solution set. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I thought that the first problem was set up as 1(x+y)=(48)1  then I got lost???\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y=48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x+14y=628 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "  x +   y = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x + 14y = 628<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Start by reordering:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x + 14y = 628<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  x +   y = 48<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, multiply both sides of the second equation by -12:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  12x + 14y  = 628<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-12(x +   y) = -12(48)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  12x +   14y  =  628<BR>\n" );
document.write( " -12x + (-12y) = -576<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, we're ready to combine equation 1 with equation 2:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  12x +   14y  =  628<BR>\n" );
document.write( " -12x + (-12y) = -576<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "           2y  = 52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "            y  = 26 (solution for y)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the above definition of y and plug it back into:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  x +   y = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to solve for 'x'.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  x +   y = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  x +  26 = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  x = 48-26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  x = 22 (solution for x) </SPAN>\n" );
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