document.write( "Question 121457: If x-y=6 and 3x(squared)+3xy-6y(squared)=60, then 9x+18y=? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #89275 by jaymore(5)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3xsquared+3xy-6ysquared=60...Factorise \n" ); document.write( "3x(x+2y)-3y(x+2y)=60 \n" ); document.write( "(3x-3y)(x+2y)=60....1\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " 3x-3y can be written as 3(x-y)...2\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Substitute x-y=6 in 2 above \n" ); document.write( "Now 3x-3y=18\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "go back to 1 above and plug in 18 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "18(x+2y)=60....Divide both sides by 18 \n" ); document.write( "x+2y=60/18........3\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "9x+18y can be written as 9(x+2y)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " 9(x+2y)=9times60/18=30 \n" ); document.write( " |