document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=549488>Question 549488</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8x + y = 74\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 197 = 363 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me solve this problem! i have already tried -1106/3 and 166/3 and made it into a decimal but it doesnt work! please help! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "8	x	+	y	=	74	.............1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3	x	+	197		=	363	.............2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=363-197<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=166<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=166/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "plug 166/3 in first equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x+y=74\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8*166/3+y=74\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1328/3 +y =74\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=74-1328/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(222-1328)/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-1106/3 </SPAN>\n" );
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