document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1005323>Question 1005323</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i do not understand how to figure out the value for x and y in these equations. then i have to put it on a graph also. this example is one problem with graph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Y = X + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y = -X - 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "i do not understand how to figure out the value for x and y in these equations. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Y = X + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y = -X - 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hello,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it is very simple.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the left sides are identical, &nbsp;it means that the right sides are equal, &nbsp;too. &nbsp;It gives you an equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 1 = -x - 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + x = -1 - 1,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = -2,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, &nbsp;Y = X + 1 = (-1) + 1 = 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>Answer</U>. &nbsp;The solution is &nbsp;x = -1, &nbsp;y = 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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