document.write( "Question 549849: using the graphing method how do you do y=3, x+y=5 Please help me and how to do it. Thank You. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "y=3, x+y=5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since y=3 is given, that means that anywhere you see y, \r\n" );
document.write( "you can put 3 in place of it.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So put 3 in place of y in this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x+y=5\r\n" );
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document.write( "and you get\r\n" );
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document.write( "x+3=5\r\n" );
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document.write( "And you can see that 2 is the only number x could be. So\r\n" );
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document.write( "y=3 and x=2\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can also solve\r\n" );
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document.write( "x+3=5\r\n" );
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document.write( "by adding -3 to both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x + 3 = 5\r\n" );
document.write( "   -3  -3\r\n" );
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document.write( "x     = 2\r\n" );
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