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2x-2y over 36-3x when x=7 and y=2 please show work

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(2x-2y)/(36-3x)

So now you sub in the variable into the equation
(* means multiply in this case because x would make it more confusing)

((2*7)-(2*2))/(36-(3*7))
= (14-4)/(36-21)
= 10/15
then you can reduce the fraction to 2/3
so the answer is 2/3 or if you want to put it in a decimal, 0.67
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