document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1153846>Question 1153846</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write a system of two equations in two variables to solve the problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On a mother's 23-mile commute to work, she drops her daughter off at a child care center. The first part of the trip is 5 miles less than the second part. How long is each part of her morning commute?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On a mother's 23-mile commute to work, she drops her daughter off at a child care center. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=23mil ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"23mil\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first part of the trip<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles less than the second <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > part.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=y-5mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=y-5mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.......eq.1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total of her trip:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=23mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=23mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.......eq.2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substitute <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from eq.1 in eq.2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-5mi%2By=23mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-5mi%2By=23mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.......eq.2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2y=23mi%2B5mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2y=23mi%2B5mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2y=28mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2y=28mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=14mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=14mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "go to\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=y-5mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=y-5mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.......eq.1, plug in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=14mi-5mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=14mi-5mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=9mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=9mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " How long is each part of her morning commute?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first part is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "second part is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=14mi ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"14mi\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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