document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=196988>Question 196988</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131809156/algebrahomeworkh>prentice hall mathhematics</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x+y=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-y=-1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       x+y=3 is the same as 1+2=3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      x-y=-1 is the same as saying 1-2=-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the first problem x+y=3, X can be 2 or 1 but to make it make since with the second problem,x-y=-1, you have to say that X is 1.  </SPAN>\n" );
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