document.write( "Question 1069868: Explain how you find ordered-pair solutions of the equation 3x - 5y= 15. then find two solutions. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "First, I solve the equation for y: y = ,  or,  which is the same, y = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then I assign any (arbitrary) value for x. For example, let x = 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next, I calculate the corresponding value of y: y =  = -3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It gives the first ordered-pair solution: (x,y) = (0,-5).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now, let x = 5 is next arbitrary number. Then\r\n" );
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document.write( "y =  = 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the pair (x,y) = (5,0) is the second ordered-pair solution.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this way, you can create INFINITELY MANY ordered-pair solutions.\r\n" );
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