document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=934550>Question 934550</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, I wasn't sure how to do this algebra question because my honors teacher didn't really explain this type of question well enough and I was wondering if you can help, ect.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So here's this one word problem; Eight times a number plus five times another number is -13. The sum of the two numbers is 1. What are the numbers?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It will really help if you answer this asap if you can. Its for elimination using multiplication. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<i> Eight times a number plus five times another number is -13. The sum of the two numbers is 1. What are the numbers?</i>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can split into this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Eight times a number\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plus<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"five times another number\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"-13\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"a number\" plus \"another number\" is \"1\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Those phrases and parts must now be clear.  You need to assign variables for the unknown numbers; and then form your two equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "YOUR TURN! </SPAN>\n" );
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