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document.write( "Why do you want to make a \"word problem?\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I think the object is to solve the 2 equations for x & y.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=3x-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-y=4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since y is solved for in the 1st eqn, sub for y in the 2nd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - y = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - (3x-2) = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x- 3x + 2 = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 3x-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 3*(-1) - 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -5\r<BR>\n" );
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