Algebra II : Equations

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Systems Of Equations

Solve for  and :

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

There are two ways to solve this:

-The 1st equation can be mutliplied by  while the 2nd equation can be multiplied by  and added to the 1st equation to make it a single variable equation where

  

.

This can be plugged into either equation to get 

or

-The 2nd equation can be simplified to,

  

.

This value for  can then be substituted into the first equation to make the equation single variable in .

Solving, gives , which can be plugged into either original equation to get 

Example Question #161 : Equations

Solve  if .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Plug in  for  in the  equation to get

 

Example Question #3369 : Algebra 1

Solve for . When

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Given the equation,

  and  

Plug in  for  to the equation,  


Solve and simplify. 


Example Question #3371 : Algebra 1

Solve for , when .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Plug in the  value for .

Simplify

Subtract

Example Question #2 : Systems Of Equations

If

and

Solve for  and .

Possible Answers:

None of the available answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

rearranges to

and

, so

Example Question #1 : Systems Of Equations

Solve for  in the system of equations:

Possible Answers:

The system has no solution

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In the second equation, you can substitute  for  from the first.

Now, substitute 2 for  in the first equation:

 

The solution is 

Example Question #2275 : Algebra 1

Solve for :

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve for , you must isolate it from the other variables. Start by adding to both sides to give you . Now, you need only to divide from both sides to completely isolate . This gives you a solution of .

Example Question #3372 : Algebra 1

For the following equation, if x = 2, what is y?

Possible Answers:

9

25

16

1

7

Correct answer:

9

Explanation:

On the equation, replace x with 2 and then simplify.

Example Question #4 : How To Factor An Equation

Solve for .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is a quadratic equation. We can solve  for either by factoring or using the quadratic formula. Since this equation is factorable, I will present the factoring method here.

The factored form of our equation should be in the format .

To yield the first value in our original equation (),  and .

To yield the final term in our original equation (), we can set  and .

Now that the equation has been factored, we can evaluate . We set each factored term equal to zero and solve.

Example Question #162 : Equations

Without drawing a graph of either equation, find the point where the two lines intersect.

Line 1 : 

Line 2 : 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the point where these two lines intersect, set the equations equal to each other, such that  is substituted with the  side of the second equation. Solving this new equation for  will give the -coordinate of the point of intersection.

Subtract from both sides.

Divide both sides by 2.

Now substitute  into either equation to find the -coordinate of the point of intersection.

With both coordinates, we know the point of intersection is . One can plug in  for  and  for  in both equations to verify that this is correct.

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