document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=666134>Question 666134</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the problem is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=7x+8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i subtracted 2x from the first equation to get y-2x=9 and subtracted 7x from the second to get y-7x=8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i then used substitution method to get 7(2x-y)-y=8 to get 14x-7y-y=8, but i dont know if that is correct to get to the final steps.?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the problem is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=7x+8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i subtracted 2x from the first equation to get y-2x=9 and subtracted 7x from the second to get y-7x=8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i then used substitution method to get 7(2x-y)-y=8 to get 14x-7y-y=8, but i dont know if that is correct to get to the final steps.? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You're making the problem too complicated by doing all of that, which is not necessary, at all.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As you can see, y = 2x + 9, and y = 7x + 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All you have to do is set the right sides equal to each other since both have already been solved for y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You therefore have: 2x + 9 = 7x + 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x - 7x = 8 - 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "- 5x = - 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-+1%29%2F-+5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-+1%29%2F-+5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%281%2F5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%281%2F5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting this value for x in either equation to determine the value for y, and you're all done!!\r<BR>\n" );
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