document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1203248>Question 1203248</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Having trouble figuring out how this answer was arrived at:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7x+2y=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=-7x+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-7/2x+5/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I understand up to this point\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-(-4)=-7/2(x-5)   This is where I am confused. where did the -4 and -5 come from?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y-(-4)=-7/2x+35/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Apparently you are showing us the work to be done to solve the problem.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But seeing only that, we have no idea what the problem is that you are working on; and so we have no idea where the \"-4\" and \"-5\" came from.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Re-post, telling us what the problem you are working on is....<br><BR>\n" );
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