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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Solution For A System Of Equations
If and , what is the value of ?
To solve this problem, you must first solve the system of equations for both and , then plug the values of and into the final equation.
In order to solve a system of equations, you must add the equations in a way that gets rid of one of the variables so you can solve for one variable, then for the other. One example of how to do so is as follows:
Take the equations. Multiply the first equation by two so that there is (this will cancel out the in the second equation).
Add the equations:
Find the sum (notice that the variable has disappeared entirely):
Solve for .
Plug this value of back into one of the original equations to solve for :
Now, plug the values of and into the final expression:
The answer is .
Example Question #1 : Inequalities
Solve for .
For the second equation, solve for in terms of .
Plug this value of y into the first equation.
Example Question #8 : Systems Of Equations
Solve for in the system of equations:
The system has no solution
In the second equation, you can substitute for from the first.
Now, substitute 2 for in the first equation:
The solution is
Example Question #31 : Equations / Solution Sets
Without drawing a graph of either equation, find the point where the two lines intersect.
Line 1 :
Line 2 :
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.
Example Question #33 : Equations / Solution Sets
What is the sum of and for the following system of equations?
Add the equations together.
Put the terms together to see that .
Substitute this value into one of the original equaitons and solve for .
Now we know that , thus we can find the sum of and .
Example Question #31 : Equations / Inequalities
What is the solution of for the systems of equations?
We add the two systems of equations:
For the Left Hand Side:
For the Right Hand Side:
So our resulting equation is:
Divide both sides by 10:
For the Left Hand Side:
For the Right Hand Side:
Our result is:
Example Question #44 : How To Find The Solution For A System Of Equations
What is the solution of that satisfies both equations?
Reduce the second system by dividing by 3.
Second Equation:
We this by 3.
Then we subtract the first equation from our new equation.
First Equation:
First Equation - Second Equation:
Left Hand Side:
Right Hand Side:
Our result is:
Example Question #32 : Equations / Inequalities
What is the solution of for the two systems of equations?
We first add both systems of equations.
Left Hand Side:
Right Hand Side:
Our resulting equation is:
We divide both sides by 3.
Left Hand Side:
Right Hand Side:
Our resulting equation is:
Example Question #51 : Systems Of Equations
What is the solution of for the two systems?
We first multiply the second equation by 4.
So our resulting equation is:
Then we subtract the first equation from the second new equation.
Left Hand Side:
Right Hand Side:
Resulting Equation:
We divide both sides by -15
Left Hand Side:
Right Hand Side:
Our result is:
Example Question #12 : How To Find The Solution For A System Of Equations
Find the solutions for the following set of equations:
If we multiply both sides of our bottom equation by , we get . We can now add our two equations, and eliminate , leaving only one variable. When we add the equations, we get . Therefore, . Finally, we go back to either of our equations, and plug in so we can solve for .
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