document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=77603>Question 77603</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131444425/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning &intermrdiate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2x+3y=6          x= -1 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #55672 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=55672\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%2B3y=6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%2B3y=6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two variables are involved in this set of two equations ... x and y. But the problem <BR>\n" );
document.write( "already tells you that x is equal to -1.  With this information you can solve for y by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substitution.  Just substitute -1 for x in the top equation.  When you do the top equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "becomes:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This simplifies to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Eliminate the -2 on the left side by adding +2 to both sides to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for y by dividing both sides by 3. This results in:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The decimal equivalent of this is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand a way of solving the equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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