How do you give an ordered pair that is the solution to the equation y = 5x + 2?

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Answer 1 · 2017-11-03T14:41:25

See a solution process below:

Pick any number you want for $x$ . I will pick $2$ .

Substitute the number you picked for $x$ in the equation and calculate $y$ :

$y = (5 xx 2) + 2$

$y = 10 + 2$

$y = 12$

And ordered pair is written as: $(x, y)$

We can substitute our values to give an ordered pair which is a solution to this problem of:

$(2, 12)$

You try it for picking $x = 3$

Then try it for some number you pick.