document.write( "Question 123232: My question is can you help me solve this equation? This problem is a Substition.\r
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document.write( "To solve a system of linear equations by substitution, you first solve one
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document.write( "of the equations for one of the variables to get an expression for that 
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document.write( "variable in terms of the other.  Then you substitute this expression into the 
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document.write( "second equation giving you a single equation in a single variable that can be
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document.write( "Solve the first equation for x:
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document.write( "Take this expression for x and substitute it into the second equation:
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document.write( "Now solve:
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document.write( "original equations and solve for x
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document.write( "So the solution set for the system is the ordered pair (7,3)\r
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document.write( "Note that the two lines intersect at the point (7,3)
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