document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1039682>Question 1039682</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> yA and yB represent continuous linear relations. Some values from the relations are shown in the table below. Solve the equation.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x               yA           yB<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8            -5           -15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3            -6           -11 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "For relation A you have the ordered pairs (-8,-5) and (-3,-6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the two-point form:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ -\ y_1\ =\ \left(\frac{y_1\ -\ y_2}{x_1\ -\ x_2}\right)(x\ -\ x_1) \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_1,y_1\right)\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_2,y_2\right)\"> are the coordinates of the given points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ +\ 5\ =\ \left(\frac{-5\ +\ 6}{-8\ +\ 3}\right)(x\ +\ 8) \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which simplifies to:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ +\ 5y\ =\ -33\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In a similar fashion, linear relation B can be expressed as:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4x\ -\ 5y\ =\ 43\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the 2X2 system by any convenient method.  Elimination is very convenient because of the additive inverse relationship between the coefficients on <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">. In point of fact, a clever arithmetician can do the Elimination method just by inspection. But Cramer's Rule works just as well.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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