Answer: 7
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Step-by-step explanation:
Let,
The first equation
is in the form of
The goal is to find the value of
which is of the form
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Use the difference of squares rule to say the following:
All of the y^2 and y terms cancel, leaving nothing but a single number.
The last thing to do is replace the A+B with 9, since A+B = 9 was mentioned earlier, and isolate A-B
Divide both sides by 9 to isolate A-B
Therefore, 7 is the final answer.
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An alternative is to solve the first equation for y.
It's messy but doable. I'll skip steps, but you should get y = -4/7 and y = 2 as the two solutions.
If you plugged y = -4/7 into the second expression, then you should end up with 7. The same goes for plugging in y = 2. Only pick one of those values.