document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=4163>Question 4163</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in substitution how do you solve for a equation for x. then solve it for y? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "example 3x-5y=12 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving an equation with two unknowns (x and y) requires another equation with the same two variables.  This is called a system of equations (also known as simultaneous equations). Please re-post with both equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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