document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=183854>Question 183854</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find four solutions for this equation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "write the solutions as ordered pairs </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "While I think you meant:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You might just as well have meant:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which will produce a different result altogether.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Either way, the process is the same.  Let's assume you meant:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1:  Pick a value, any value, for <i>x</i>.  Since it doesn't matter what value you select, I would pick something divisible by 3 since that will make the arithmetic easier.  So let's go ahead and use 3 for the first one.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2: Substitute your selected value in place of <i>x</i> and then do the arithmetic required to determine the resulting value of <i>y</i>.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, when <i>x</i> = 3, <i>y</i> = 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 3: Form the ordered pair (<i>x</i>,<i>y</i>):  (3, 2).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Repeat this process three more times with three different values for <i>x</i>. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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