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| Question 483901:  (5, 1) is a solution to the equation 2x - 3y = 7. What does this mean?
 
 Answer by Theo(13342)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! (5,1) is the coordinate pair of (x,y) x is equal to 5 and y is equal to 1.
 the equation is 2x - 3y = 7
 if you replace x with 5 and y with 1, then the equation should be true.
 let's do that.
 2x - 3y = 7 becomes:
 (2*5) - (3*1) = 7 which becomes:
 10 - 3 = 7 which becomes:
 7 = 7
 the equation is true when we replace x with 5 and y with 1.
 that means that the coordinate pair of (5,1) is a solution to the equation of 2x - 3y = 7.
 
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