document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=108675>Question 108675</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 4x-12y=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x+3y=-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve by substitution\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tried it like this 4(3y-1)=5 but it was not comming out right<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #79248 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=79248\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve by substitution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-12y = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x+3y = -1  Solve this for x:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3y+1 and substitute into the 1st equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(3y+1)-12y = 5 Simplify and solve for y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12y+4-12y = 5 Combine like terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(12y-12y)+4 = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 = 5  NO WAY! The equations are inconsistent !<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This means that there no value of x or y that will work, or there is no solution.  The lines represented by these two equations are parallel and, since they don't intersect, there is no solution.<BR>\n" );
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