document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=245681>Question 245681</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you help me with this problem?  If you can show me the steps by step I think I can help my daughter with her homework.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 5x - 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 3x + 8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y - 5x = -10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - 3x = 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the bottom equation by -1 to help eliminate the y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y - 5x = -10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-y + 3x = -8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add the equations together\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2x = -18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "insert the x into the previous equations\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 45 - 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 27 + 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 9 </SPAN>\n" );
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