document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=330688>Question 330688</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How does (2,0); (3,0) equial 3x+2y=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can you explain so I can help my daugther </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In the first place, if you can't spell \"daughter\" correctly, you probably are the daughter.  Don't know what you are trying to accomplish with that story.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the second place, an ordered pair, such as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (2,0)\"> is not \"equal\" to a two-variable linear equation such as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 3x\ +\ 2y\ =\ 6\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ordered pairs are elements of the solution set of such an equation.  In fact there are an infinite number of ordered pairs that satisfy the given equation.  In order to determine whether a particular ordered pair is a member of the solution set, substitute the first value in the ordered pair for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> in the equation and substitute the second value for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> in the equation.  Then do the indicated arithmetic.  If you end up with a true statement, in this case something that looks like <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 6\ =\ 6\">, then the ordered pair is an element of the solution set.  On the other hand if you end up with an absurdity, something like <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 9\ =\ 6\">, then you know the ordered pair is NOT an element of the solution set.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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