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( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #838663 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=838663\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> --------------<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x+2y=5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You show an an equation which you want in some other form, a linear equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Not a system.  Just a single equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How you ask about -4  or  -5,  you did not say.  You tell!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The  -4 and th  -5 came from nowhere for no reason.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How is the graph?\r<BR>\n" );
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