document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=515346>Question 515346</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Is (3/8, 1) a solution to 8x - 7y = 10 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Check\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x,y)=(3/8, 1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put values of x and y in equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x - 7y = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8(3/8)-7(1)=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3-7=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4=10 (which is not true)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Instead (3/8, 1) try (3/8, -1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x - 7y = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8(3/8)-7(-1)=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3+7=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10=10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so point (3/8, -1) is a solution of given equation.<BR>\n" );
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