document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=188026>Question 188026</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565771346/algebrahomeworkh>Saxon</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the system by the substitution method:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 2y + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x + y= -126\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what is x and y? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "9x + y= -126\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are given x to be 2y + 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug that into the other equation to find y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9(2y + 5) + y = -126\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18y + 45 + y = -126\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "19y = -126 - 45\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "19y = 171\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 171/19\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find x, plug 9 for y in EITHER of the two equations given.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I will let you finish.\r<BR>\n" );
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