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8th grade (Eureka Math/EngageNY)
Unit 4: Lesson 4
Topic D: Systems of linear equations and their solutions- Systems of equations: trolls, tolls (1 of 2)
- Systems of equations: trolls, tolls (2 of 2)
- Testing a solution to a system of equations
- Solutions of systems of equations
- Systems of equations with graphing
- Systems of equations with graphing
- Systems of equations with graphing: 5x+3y=7 & 3x-2y=8
- Systems of equations with graphing: y=7/5x-5 & y=3/5x-1
- Systems of equations with graphing: chores
- Systems of equations with graphing
- Systems of equations with elimination: 3t+4g=6 & -6t+g=6
- Systems of equations with elimination
- Systems of equations with elimination: x+2y=6 & 4x-2y=14
- Systems of equations with elimination: -3y+4x=11 & y+2x=13
- Systems of equations with elimination: 2x-y=14 & -6x+3y=-42
- Systems of equations with elimination: 4x-2y=5 & 2x-y=2.5
- Systems of equations with elimination: x-4y=-18 & -x+3y=11
- Systems of equations with elimination
- Systems of equations with elimination: 6x-6y=-24 & -5x-5y=-60
- Systems of equations with elimination challenge
- Systems of equations with substitution: 2y=x+7 & x=y-4
- Systems of equations with substitution
- Systems of equations with substitution: y=4x-17.5 & y+2x=6.5
- Systems of equations with substitution: -3x-4y=-2 & y=2x-5
- Systems of equations with substitution: 9x+3y=15 & y-x=5
- Systems of equations with substitution
- Systems of equations with substitution: y=-5x+8 & 10x+2y=-2
- Systems of equations with substitution: y=-1/4x+100 & y=-1/4x+120
- Systems of equations with elimination: apples and oranges
- Systems of equations with elimination: TV & DVD
- Systems of equations with elimination: King's cupcakes
- Systems of equations with elimination: Sum/difference of numbers
- Systems of equations with elimination: potato chips
- Systems of equations with elimination: coffee and croissants
- Systems of equations with substitution: coins
- Systems of equations with substitution: potato chips
- Systems of equations with substitution: shelves
- Systems of equations word problems
- Age word problem: Imran
- Age word problem: Ben & William
- Age word problem: Arman & Diya
- Age word problems
- Solutions to systems of equations: consistent vs. inconsistent
- Systems of equations number of solutions: fruit prices (1 of 2)
- Systems of equations number of solutions: fruit prices (2 of 2)
- Systems of equations number of solutions: y=3x+1 & 2y+4=6x
- Solutions to systems of equations: dependent vs. independent
- Number of solutions to a system of equations graphically
- Number of solutions to a system of equations graphically
- Forming systems of equations with different numbers of solutions
- Number of solutions to a system of equations algebraically
- Comparing Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales
- Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius
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Systems of equations with graphing
Walk through examples of solving systems of equations by finding the point of intersection.
We can find the solution to a system of equations by graphing the equations. Let's do this with the following systems of equations:
First, let's graph the first equation start color #e07d10, y, equals, start fraction, 1, divided by, 2, end fraction, x, plus, 3, end color #e07d10. Notice that the equation is already in y-intercept form so we can graph it by starting at the y-intercept of 3, and then going up 1 and to the right 2 from there.
Next, let's graph the second equation start color #0d923f, y, equals, x, plus, 1, end color #0d923f as well.
There is exactly one point where the graphs intersect. This is the solution to the system of equations.
This makes sense because every point on the gold line is a solution to the equation start color #e07d10, y, equals, start fraction, 1, divided by, 2, end fraction, x, plus, 3, end color #e07d10, and every point on the green line is a solution to start color #0d923f, y, equals, x, plus, 1, end color #0d923f. So, the only point that's a solution to both equations is the point of intersection
Checking the solution
So, from graphing the two equations, we found that the ordered pair left parenthesis, 4, comma, 5, right parenthesis is the solution to the system. Let's verify this by plugging x, equals, 4 and y, equals, 5 into each equation.
The first equation:
The second equation:
Nice! left parenthesis, 4, comma, 5, right parenthesis is indeed a solution.
Let's practice!
Problem 1
Problem 2
Problem 3
Challenge problems
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- You've waited 5 years for the answer, so here it is. You can solve one equation for either variable, then plug that into the other equation and solve that one completely, plug that back into the first equation, and now you know all the variables and you can do whatever you want with them, like put them into slope intercept form.(8 votes)
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- When given a Slope-Intercept form equation what you can do to graph is graph the y-intercept "b" which is the number without a variable on the graph first, this means you have to put that point on the vertical line where the "b" is shown. Then you just have to move one on the x-axis (the horizontal) and the amount next to the x up or down (the number next to the x is the "m" better known as the slope). I hope this helps.(2 votes)
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- Is there anyone who can explain this to me?
I'm in 8th grade. My teacher uses a service called "my.hrw" and every time you get it wrong, it never explains why. I know adults say "ask the teacher" but he always explains like I know what he's saying. There are lots of things about this and all the adults I ask about math in general get angrier every time I ask a question like "ok, but why are we doing this" or "why do we use THIS number instead of THAT number." I've asked the teacher to explain it to me multiple times, I've watched almost every YouTube and Khan Academy video at this point, and looked on every website imaginable. It seems like everyone else gets this concept except I. I've got to learn this to get to the next thing that I'm supposed to be learning right now but I can't grasp that concept because it requires you know how to do this! Can ANYONE explain this in simple, easy to understand terms, and break it down step by step, process by process?(10 votes)- Well, if you're talking about the x and y-intercepts, I guess this will help (btw im a 7th grader so plz correct me if im using anything wrong hehe)-
In every equation, e.g. y=2x+1 , they will give you intercepts like (1,1) etc. What you have to do here is-
1. Plug in the x and y's into the equation (like since it is 2x then you will be doing 2*1)
2. Do the operations (like here, you will do 2-1)
3. See if both the sides have the same number. If not, the given intercepts are not the correct answer. If yes, then it will be the answer.
It will go like this-
y=2x-1
1 (because y is 1)=(2*1)-1
1=2-1
1=1
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- can a system of equations be be in multiple ways(8 votes)
- Yes, the two main ways include elimination and substitution. There are other methods as well including using graphs and matrix.
This might help you: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-eighth-grade-math/cc-8th-systems-topic/cc-8th-systems-solutions/v/inconsistent-systems-of-equations(1 vote)
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