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Find the missing coordinate if the ordered pair is to be a solution to the equation 3x + y = 9

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You are given only one equation, but are to find the values of two variables (x and y). No soap.

However, you could arbitrarily let x=1 and then find the corresponding y value.

Then 3(1) + y = 9, so y = 6. One point on this line is (1,6). But there are an infinite number of other solutions.
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