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document.write( "Write a system of two equations in two unknowns.  Solve the system by using the substitution method. « Bill and Sue together earn $76,433 per year.  If Bill earns $15,000 less than twice Sue’s salary, then how much does each person earn per year? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a system of two equations in two unknowns. Solve the system by using the substitution method. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation for each statement/phrase:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "«\" Bill and Sue together earn $76,433 per year.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B + S = 76433 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"If Bill earns $15,000 less than twice Sue’s salary,\" <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 2*S - 15000<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then how much does each person earn per year?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute(2S-15000) for B in the 1st equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2S-15000) + S = 76433<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2S + S - 15000 = 76433<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3S = 76433 + 15000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3S = 91433<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S = 91433/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S = $30,477.67 is Sue's earnings<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find Bill's earnings using the 2nd eq<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 2(30477.67) - 15000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 60955.33 - 15000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = $45,955.33 is Bill's earnings<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check our solutions using the 1s equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45955.33 + 30477.67 = 76433<BR>\n" );
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