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document.write( "5x+3y=-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-2y=17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I did a solution to this one and would love to know if I did it correctly.  Thanks in advance.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ok, I think I may have puzzled through it.  Let me see here.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am gonna start from the very beginning but with the CORRECT signs on all of the numbers, a mistake that I made when I originally typed this question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+3y=-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-2y=17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(5x)+2(3y)=2(-11)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(7x)-3(2y=3(17)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10x+6y=-22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21x-6y=51<BR>\n" );
document.write( "31x=29\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=29/31\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this correct so far? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5(29/31)+3y=-11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "145/31+3y=-11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3y=-11-145/31...am I on the right track?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "31(-11)-145\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-486/31\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-486/3=-162\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=-162/31 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ok, hopefully this is correct. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am sorry for taking up so much of your time, and I want you to know that I REALLY appreciate you trying to help me through this.  I really feel like I am a lost cause at this point though.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #178926 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=178926\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are correct. The answers are <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=29%2F31 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=29%2F31\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=-162%2F31 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=-162%2F31\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. There are many ways to verify your answer, but if you enter the expression \"5x+3y=-11,7x-2y=17\" (without quotes) into Wolfram Alpha, you will get the same answer. Check out this <a  rel=nofollow HREF=\"http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=5x%2B3y%3D-11%2C7x-2y%3D17\">link</a> to see what I'm talking about.\r<BR>\n" );
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