document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=14382>Question 14382</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> systms of linear equations an problem solving the substituition method <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s-4t=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5s+t=8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "5s+t=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lets start with the 2nd equation;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5s+t=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for t;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=8-5s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now go back to first equation and solve for s using the answer we got for t;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s-4(8-5s)=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s-32+20s=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "23s=46<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we have the answer for s, so plug that into equation 1 and find out what t=,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(2)-4t=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6-4t=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4t=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=-2<BR>\n" );
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