document.write( "Question 1174289: Earl solved the following system of equation using substitution.
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document.write( "x + y = 3
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document.write( "2x - 3y = 16 \r
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document.write( "Earl's Solution
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document.write( "2(3-y)-=16
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document.write( "6-y-3y=16\r
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document.write( "6-4y=16
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document.write( "6-6-4y=16-6
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document.write( " 4y=10
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document.write( " -4y=10
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document.write( " -4= -4
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document.write( "y=-2.5
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document.write( "x+(-2.5)=3
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document.write( "x=5.5\r
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document.write( "Unfortunately, he made a mistake. Locate his error \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #799759 by greenestamps(13200)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "Ignore the response from tutor @MathTherapy. He likes putting other tutors down by saying their responses are wrong. \n" ); document.write( "Friendly ways of correcting other tutors' responses would be writing a correct solution, or writing a response point out the other tutor's errors to the tutor so they can correct them. \n" ); document.write( "But this tutor shows arrogance and disrespect in his attacks on other tutors. \n" ); document.write( "In this case, the responses from the other two tutors showed the correct mistake in Earl's solution; his did not. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |