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| Question 70587This question is from textbook Intermediate Algerba
 :  (3,_),(_,-1),2x-3y=5 
This question is from textbook Intermediate Algerba
 
 Answer by bucky(2189)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! (3,_),(_,-1),2x-3y=5 .
 This is two separate problems.  The first problem is that you are given (3,_) and the equation
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 2x - 3y = 5
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 The 3 in (3,___) represents x.  Substitute 3 for x in the equation and solve for y:
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 2(3) - 3y = 5
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 Multiply out the left side to get:
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 6 - 3y = 5
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 Subtract 6 from both sides:
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 -3y = -1
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 Divide both sides by -3 to end up with:
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 y = (-1/-3) = 1/3
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 So the missing entry in (3,_) is 1/3 and the answer becomes (3, 1/3)
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 The second problem involves the answer set (_, -1) for the equation 2x - 3y = 5. Substitute
 -1 for y in the equation to get:
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 2x - 3(-1) = 5
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 And multiply out to get:
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 2x + 3 = 5
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 Subtract 3 from both sides:
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 2x = 2
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 Divide both sides by 2 and the result is:
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 x = 1
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 So the missing x value in (_, -1) is 1 and the answer set is (1, -1)
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 Hope this helps you to understand what the problem was looking for.
 
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