document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=172839>Question 172839</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131444425/algebrahomeworkh>beginning and intermediate algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> determine whether each ordered pair is a solution of the given linear equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=5    (4,5) (5,4)  (5,0) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #127710 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=colliefan><B>colliefan(242)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=colliefan><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=127710\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The ordered pairs are in the form  (x,y).   If the equation in x=5, the pairs that are solutions are the ones that have 5 as the first number in the pair. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The last 2 pairs are solutions because x=5. The first pair is not a solution because y=5 and x=4. </SPAN>\n" );
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