document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=69636>Question 69636</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the soultion of the following system of linear equations?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2y=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-15=-6y </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-15=-6y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve using any method (substitution, elimination, etc.]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+2y=5 [To use substitution, solve for one variable]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-1/2x+5/2 [Insert into the other equation and solve for x]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-15=-6y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-15=-6(-1/2x+5/2) [simplify]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-15=3x-15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=0 [The solution is that both equations represent the same line] </SPAN>\n" );
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