document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=201999>Question 201999</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780395977224/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra Structure and Method</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve be either the subsistution or the addition-or-subtraction method.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2m = n - 3           <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3m = 2n - 9                                                 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Am I suppose to change the equation to <BR>\n" );
document.write( "n - 3 = 2m <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n - 9 = 3m \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or change it to an additon problem?  I'm really stuck </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3m=2n-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "change one equation to terms of n=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2m=n-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n=2m+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substitute this for n in the other equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3m=2(2m+3)-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3m=4m+6-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-m=-3  multiply through by -<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(3)=n-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6=n-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9=n<BR>\n" );
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