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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If y - x = -3 and 4x + y = 2, then what does x equal? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Y - X = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Y = -3 + X      ......(I)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  4X + Y = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  substituting the value of y from equation (i) we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    4x +(-3 + x) = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    4x - 3 + x = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     5x -3 + + 3 = 2 + 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     5x = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     5x/5 = 5/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     x = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " substituting the value of x in equation (i)we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   y = -3 + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   y = -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   therefore x = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              y = -2<BR>\n" );
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