document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=289081>Question 289081</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the value of b that makes the system of equations have the solution (3,5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=3x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=bx+2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If (3,5) is a solution then we must have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 = b*3 + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 - 2 = 3*b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = 3*b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 3/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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