document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=853048>Question 853048</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Select any two integers between -12 and +12 which will become solutions to a system of two equations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-       The two integers I picked are -4 and 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write two equations that have your two integers as solutions. Show how you built the equations using your integers. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-       The two equations I picked are 5X-Y=-4 and 6X+4Y=8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve your system of equations by the addition/subtraction method. Make sure you show the necessary 5 steps. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-       Both equations in ax + by= c is written as 5x-y=-4 and 6x+4y=8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1: Write both equations in the form ax + by = c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 2: Multiply the second equation by 2 in order to make the coefficients of the x terms equal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 3: Subtract the second equation from the first equation to eliminate the x variable.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve the equation for y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Step 5: Select one equation and substitute 4 for y and solve for x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The solution set are?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help with this.   </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #513857 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><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=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=513857\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The solution to the two equations that you chose are not -4 and 8  but X = -4/13,   Y = 32/13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "why do you think that -4 and 8 would be the solutions?<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 5X-Y=-4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5*4-8=a <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-20-8=-28<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 5X-Y=-28 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6X+4Y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 6(-4)+4*8=b. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  -24+32=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6X+4Y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which is the original equation you had<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6X+4Y=8,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5X-Y=-28 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "now the solution is x=-4 and y=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-4, 8)\r<BR>\n" );
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