document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=400680>Question 400680</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8x+3y=-37<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3-8y </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x=3-8y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the second equation is already solved for x, we can plug in 3-8y instead of x in the first equation. So we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8(3-8y)+3y=-37 now you simplify<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24-64y+3y=-37<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24-61y=-37 subtract 24 from each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24-24-61y=-37-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-61y=-61 divide each side by -61<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-61y/-61=-61/-61<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then you go back to the second equation and plug 1 instead of y, so you get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3-8*1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the solution is (-5,1) </SPAN>\n" );
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