document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=235109>Question 235109</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the answer to x-y=-2? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #173278 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=173278\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Garamond\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is no \"answer\" to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\ -\ y\ =\ -2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have a single linear equation in two variables.  The solution set is a countably infinite set of ordered pairs of the form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x,y\right)\"> such that the difference between the two coordinates in any one of the elements of the solution set is -2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You could graph it.  But you didn't ask for that.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If this were part of a consistent and independent system of two variable linear equations, you could find the single ordered pair that is the solution set of the <i>system</i>.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or you could just sit there and look at it -- it is a very cute little equation after all.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But you cannot find \"the answer\" to it.  Sorry.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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