document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=816881>Question 816881</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help......solve the following system of equations by graphing: 2x-y=8 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                                                         y=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and please show step by step work.. I tired it on my own but I could not figure it out\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #491779 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LinnW><B>LinnW(1048)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LinnW><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=LinnW><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=491779\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First solve the first equation for y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 2x from each side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  -y = -2x + 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply each side by -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  y = 2x -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To plot this equation, use the fact that the y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "intercept is (0,-8). Since the slope is 2,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "beginning at the point (0,-8) move to the right 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and up 2.  You will now be at the point (1,-6).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a line through (0,-8) and (1,-6).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now graph the line y=2.  This is just a horizontal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "line 2 units above the x axis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Where the two lines intersect is the solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can check your solution by considering<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the two equations<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2 and y = 2x -8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Set the right hand sides to be equal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  2 = 2x - 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 8 to each side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  2 + 8 = 2x - 8 + 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   10 = 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So x = 5.  Of course y = 2 . </SPAN>\n" );
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