document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=569096>Question 569096</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve the system by graphing 2x+y=-7 &  5x+4y=-13. I How do I solve the problems to get the solutions to graph. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You don't \"get the solution to graph.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You graph the 2 equations.  Each is a straight line.  Every point on the line is a solution to that equation.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where they intersect, the point that's on both equations, is the solution to the system of equations.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+y=-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2x - 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You need 2 points for a straight line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pick 2 values for x and find y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plot the 2 points.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a line thru them.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do the same for the other equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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