document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=125088>Question 125088</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780321443625/algebrahomeworkh>intermediate algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x-2y=42  5x+3y=25 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "12X-6Y=126<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10X+6Y=50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "22X=176<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=176/22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=8 ANSWER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4*8-2Y=42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32-2Y=42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2Y=42-32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2Y=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=10/-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=-5 ANSWER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5*8+3*-5=25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40-15=25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25=25<BR>\n" );
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