document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=29660>Question 29660</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <center><font color=\"deeppink\"><font face=\"Verdana\">Hey! Can someone <b><font size=\"3\">PLEASE</font></b> help me?!? I <u><i>honestly</u> have no clue</i> what i'm doing and i'm so worried that i'm gonna <u>fail</u>&hearts;...Here is the problem: Solve each equation if <i>x</i> and <i>y</i> are whole numbers. 2xy+5=15 and xy=4-x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Help would be <u><b>greatly</u></b> <i>appreciated</i>!&hearts;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "&hearts;Jenna&hearts; </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #16388 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikdeep><B>ikdeep(226)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikdeep><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikdeep><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=16388\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2xy+5=15 ...............(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "xy=4-x...................(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "its very simple..by substitution method,just substitute the value of xy from (1) into (2)..and you get............\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(4-x)+5 = 15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now solve brackets..and we get....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 - 2x + 5 = 15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now put together like variables.....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8+5 - 2x = 15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "13 - 2x = 15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or -2x = 15 - 13\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2x = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " x = 2/-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " x = 1/-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and to put into standarad form we get....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x  = -1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now to get the value of y you can substitute the value of x = -1 in either (1)or(2)....but for easy calculation ,,here i took (2)..and we get...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "xy=4-x...................(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1y = 4-(-1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1y = 4+1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1y = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 5/-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or to put into standarad we get,,,,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ",therefore the value  of x = -1 and y = -5 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to verify your answer,,,simply put the values of x and y either in (1)or (2) or in both ,,,you will always get LHS= RHS....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please feel free to revert back for any further queries.\r<BR>\n" );
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