document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=198017>Question 198017</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321132262/algebrahomeworkh>Intregrated arithmetic and basic algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can't figure out how to solve problems like 2x+6y=12 finding three ordered pairs, I don't know where to begin </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What you want to find are three ordered pairs <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x,y)\"> so that when you replace <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> in the equation with the values from the ordered pair, you have a true statement.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1.  Pick a value for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.  It can be any real number, so pick a small integer -- it makes the arithmetic easier.  Zero is a nice round number (so to speak), so let's pick zero for our first try.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2.  Substitute the selected number into the equation in place of the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2(0) + 6y = 12\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 3.  Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6y = 12 \ \ \Rightarrow\ \ y = 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 4.  Create your ordered pair from the selected value of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> and the calculated value of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (0,2)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 5.  Check your work:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2(0) + 6(2) =^? 12\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0 + 12 = 12\">  Checks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perform steps 1 through 5 twice more using a new value for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> each time.  Done.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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