document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=176775>Question 176775</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2x-3y=-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+6y=18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "use substitution to solve each system of equations </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x+6y=18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= -6y+18 - plug this in for x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(-6y+18)-3y= -24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-12y+36-3y = -24 Combine like terms \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-15y +36 = -24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-15y = -60 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = +4 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now that you have Y solve for X\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x-3(-4)=-24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+12= -24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x= -12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= -6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer is x=-6 and y= +4\r<BR>\n" );
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