SOLUTION: Determine if ({{{3/8}}},-1)is a solution to 8x - 7y = 10. Please show you work

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Question 491968: Determine if (3%2F8,-1)is a solution to 8x - 7y = 10.
Please show you work

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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               8x - 7y = 10

In place of the x write (3%2F8).
In place of the y write (-1):


         8(3%2F8) - 7(-1) = 10

Now simplify:  8(3%2F8) is 3 because the 8's cancel, and
-7(-1) becomes +7, so we have:

                3 + 7 = 10

                   10 = 10

Since the end result is the same number on both sides of
the equal sign, that tells us that (3%2F8,-1) is a 
solution to the equation 8x - 7y = 10.

Edwin