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$\"ax%2Bby=m\"$ .......1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"ax=m-by\"$ .......1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=m%2Fa-by%2Fa\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28x=%28m-by%29%2Fa%29\"$ ........plug in 2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"bx-ay=c\"$ .......2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"b%28m-by%29%2Fa-ay=c\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"bm-b%5E2y-a%5E2y=ac\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"-b%5E2y-a%5E2y=ac-bm\"$ ... both sides multiply by $\"-1\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"b%5E2y%2Ba%5E2y=-ac%2Bbm\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"y%28b%5E2%2Ba%5E2%29=bm-ac\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28y=%28bm-ac%29%2F%28b%5E2%2Ba%5E2%29%29\"$ \r
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