document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=607587>Question 607587</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please solve.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = y + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2y = 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer is y=1, x=2 (apparently I solve differently than my son's teacher)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #382794 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=382794\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can't say what the teacher is doing wrong, if anything. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\ =\ 2\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y\ =\ 1\"> is correct, and given error free arithmetic should be the result of any solution method:  Substitution, Elimination, Gauss-Jordan Row Reduction, and/or Cramer's Rule.  Which is the case; I checked.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem could be that the teacher has specified a way of presenting the solution.  I.e. s/he may want the answer in ordered pair form or perhaps even in solution set form:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ordered pair:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (2,\,1)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solution set\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \left{(2,\,1)\right}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then again, it wouldn't be the first time that a teacher, textbook, and/or answer key was wrong.  Won't be the last time either.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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