document.write( "Question 598114: consider the following equation.
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\n" ); document.write( "(2, -17/8) (4, -27/8), (6, 22/7)
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consider the following equation.
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document.write( "8y + 5x = -7\r\n" );
document.write( "     8y = -7 - 5x\r\n" );
document.write( "     \"8y%2F8\" = \"%28-7%29%2F8\" - \"5%2F8\"x\r\n" );
document.write( "      y = \"-7%2F8\" - \"5%2F8\"x\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b) Find three solutions of the equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute x = 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "      y = \"%28-7%29%2F8\" - \"5%2F8\"(2)\r\n" );
document.write( "      y = \"-7%2F8\" - \"10%2F8\"\r\n" );
document.write( "      y = \"-17%2F8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So one solution is (2,\"-17%2F8\") and we've ruled out the third and fourth\r\n" );
document.write( "answer.  There is no need to substitute x = 4 because y = \"-27%2F8\" is the\r\n" );
document.write( "same in the first three answers.  So:      \r\n" );
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document.write( "substitute x = 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "      y = \"%28-7%29%2F8\" - \"5%2F8\"(6)\r\n" );
document.write( "      y = \"-7%2F8\" - \"30%2F8\"\r\n" );
document.write( "      y = \"-37%2F8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So another solution is (2,\"-37%2F8\").  So the first answer\r\n" );
document.write( "is the correct one.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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