document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=7221>Question 7221</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi Everyone:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We're studying Linear Equations this week and I'm having a hard time without a class friend who usually studies with me. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many solutions are there for the equation 3x - 11y = 15?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many points are on a line (such as the one whose equation is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - 11y = 15)?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do all the solutions for 3x - 11y = 15 also make 3x - 11y >= 15 true? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #3985 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><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=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=3985\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solutions/roots are \"how many times does it cross/touch the x-axis (ie where y=0). Any straight line, from common sense will either have no solution (a line parallel to the x-axis) or 1 solution. The majority of lines will cross once. This answers part i.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "point ii. how many points? it is a line, an infinite line. You tell me how many point there are. It is a moot point.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "pointiii. \"Do all the solutions\"...there is just 1 solution. Think about what you are saying... the points on the line satisfy the 3x - 11y = 15 equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the >= version, this says where will the left hand side be GREATER (or equal) to 15...ie everything above the line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A graph is a visual representation of an equation. It shows where the lefthand side EQUALS the righthand side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jon. </SPAN>\n" );
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