document.write( "Question 22096: i need help with this one math problem i already did the problem but i don't think it's right and i would like for you to tell me whether it is or not and if it's wrong will you pleasze tell me what i did wrong. proiblem:
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i need help with this one math problem i already did the problem but i don't\r\n" );
document.write( "think it's right and i would like for you to tell me whether it is or not and\r\n" );
document.write( "if it's wrong will you pleasze tell me what i did wrong. proiblem:\r\n" );
document.write( "2x+-y=32 \r\n" );
document.write( "2x+y=60. the answer i got to this problem was 23,-45.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It's half correct. Your value of x = 23 is correct.  So you must have made an\r\n" );
document.write( "error when you substituted 23 for x to find y\r\n" );
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document.write( "I'm a little confused about the double sign in \"2x+-y=32\".  Usually we don't\r\n" );
document.write( "find a \"+-\" given in an equation.  I take that to be \"2x-y=32\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find the correct value for y, we substitute 23 for x in either of the\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using the first\r\n" );
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document.write( "   2x - y = 32\r\n" );
document.write( "2(23) - y = 32\r\n" );
document.write( "   46 - y = 32\r\n" );
document.write( "       -y = 32 - 46\r\n" );
document.write( "       -y = -14\r\n" );
document.write( "      -1y = -14 \r\n" );
document.write( "        y = -14/-1\r\n" );
document.write( "        y = 14\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the solution is (x,y) = (23,14)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin\r\n" );
document.write( "AnlytcPhil@aol.com
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