document.write( "Question 491968: Determine if ( $\"3%2F8\"$ ,-1)is a solution to 8x - 7y = 10.
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document.write( "               8x - 7y = 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "In place of the x write ().\r\n" );
document.write( "In place of the y write (-1):\r\n" );
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document.write( "         8() - 7(-1) = 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now simplify:  8() is 3 because the 8's cancel, and\r\n" );
document.write( "-7(-1) becomes +7, so we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                3 + 7 = 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "                   10 = 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the end result is the same number on both sides of\r\n" );
document.write( "the equal sign, that tells us that (,-1) is a \r\n" );
document.write( "solution to the equation 8x - 7y = 10.\r\n" );
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