document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=112863>Question 112863</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Which of the ordered pairs <BR>\n" );
document.write( "	(3, 1), (0, –4), (–4, 0), (–3, –7)are solutions for the equation <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x – y = 4?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's test the first solution (3,1):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify. Since the two sides of the equation are <font size=4><b>not</b></font> equal, this means (3,1) is <font size=4><b>not</b></font> a solution to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-y=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-y=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-------Now lets test another solution-------\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's test the second solution (0,-4):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify. Since the two sides of the equation are equal, this means (0,-4) is a solution to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-y=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-y=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-------Now lets test another solution-------\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's test the third solution (-4,0):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-4=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-4=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify. Since the two sides of the equation are <font size=4><b>not</b></font> equal, this means (-4,0) is <font size=4><b>not</b></font> a solution to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-y=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-y=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's test the fourth solution (-3,-7):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the following ordered pairs are solutions to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-y=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-y=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(0,-4) and  (-3,-7) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's graph the equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-y=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-y=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and plot the points (3,1), (0,-4), (-4,0), and (-3,-7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here we can see that the points (0,-4) and  (-3,-7)  lie on the line (they are the green points). These are the solutions to the equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-y=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-y=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice the other possible solutions are points that do not lie on the line. Those ordered pairs do not satisfy the equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-y=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-y=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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