document.write( "Question 573842: Can you tell me step by step how I would solve this problem: \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I have no idea how you would solve it. All I can tell you is how I would solve it, but bear in mind that there are at least 3 other equally valid ways to do it.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Add 3 to both sides of the first equation giving you an expression in

that is equal to

. Substitute this expression in place of

in the second equation. You will now have a single variable equation in

. Collect terms and solve for

. Take this newly discovered value for

and substitute it back into the first equation giving you a single variable equation in

. Solve it.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You now have a value for

and a value for

. Substitute both values into each of the original equations to check your work. If you have done the arithmetic correctly, then in each case the result is a true statement.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Given a successful check step, form the ordered pair

with the values determined. Your solution set consists of the single element of the ordered pair just formed.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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