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document.write( "solve using substitution method\r\n" );
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document.write( "  x - 5y = 17\r\n" );
document.write( "-5x - 6y =  8\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is a real LAUGH! Why on earth would someone choose to SOLVE for a variable that'll create FRACTIONS - which most people hate,\r\n" );
document.write( "and which we normally GET RID OF when solving an equation - when a perfectly-stated equation, in eq (i), already has a variable\r\n" );
document.write( "with a coefficient of 1? This ABSOLUTELY makes NO SENSE, at all!!! \r\n" );
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document.write( "I know another person on this site, who has done the EXACT thing in some, maybe ALL, of her responses!! I wonder who taught them\r\n" );
document.write( "these RIDICULOUS and NONSENSICAL solving techniques.\r\n" );
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document.write( "This may be one of the reasons why some people FEAR mathematics! I would, if I ever asked for help, and received this response!!\r\n" );
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document.write( "x - 5y = 17_____x = 17 + 5y ----- eq (i)\r\n" );
document.write( "Isn't this what's needed to now substitute in eq (ii), so that the value of y can be determined, and then x, subsequently?
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