Question 264820
Hello,
Another way of writing (3,2) is x=3 and y=2. Knowing this we can plug the numbers into the equation like this:
3(3) + 4(2) = 17 Now do the calculations to get :
9+8=17 There we go. It works out. 
Make sense?
RJ 
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