document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=413783>Question 413783</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve by the substitution method. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+4y=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8x+y=25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The solution is? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-8x + y = 25------->y = 8x + 25 {added 8x to both sides}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 4(8x + 25) = -2 {substituted 8x + 25, in for y, into top equation}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 32x + 100 = -2 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34x + 100 = -2 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34x = -102 {subtracted 100 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -3 {divided both sides by 34}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 8x + 25 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 8(-3) + 25 {substituted -3, in for x, into y = 8x + 25}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -24 + 25 {multiplied 8 by -3}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 1 {combined like terms}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -3 and y = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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