document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=188197>Question 188197</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this equation for x and y: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+7=2y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2y-1=10x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-2y-1=10x========== -2y= 10x+1 .....(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add (1) to (2) we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y-2y=3x+10x+7+1 ========> 13x=-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                             x=-8/13\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y= -(10x+1)/2 = -[-80/13 +1]/2= 67/6  </SPAN>\n" );
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