document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=254478>Question 254478</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the substitution method to solve the linear system given. Express<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    the answer as an ordered pair of the form (x,y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     x + y = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    2x + y = 6 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There's a couple ways to solve this. Let's take the first equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + y = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And rewrite it as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 5 - x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now plug this into the second equation to give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x +(5-x)=6 Now we can solve x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5=6 Subtract 5 from both sides will give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1 Now we can go back to the original equations and find y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 + y = 5 Subtract 1 from both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y =4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug in y=4 and x=1 into both equations and it will work out good!<BR>\n" );
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