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Lesson 3: Solving systems with substitution- Systems of equations with substitution: 2y=x+7 & x=y-4
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Systems of equations with substitution
Walk through examples of solving systems of equations with substitution.
Let's work to solve this system of equations:
The tricky thing is that there are two variables, and . If only we could get rid of one of the variables...
Here's an idea! Equation tells us that and are equal. So let's plug in for in Equation to get rid of the variable in that equation:
Brilliant! Now we have an equation with just the variable that we know how to solve:
Nice! So we know that equals . But remember that we are looking for an ordered pair. We need a value as well. Let's use the first equation to find when equals :
Sweet! So the solution to the system of equations is . It's always a good idea to check the solution back in the original equations just to be sure.
Let's check the first equation:
Let's check the second equation:
Great! is indeed a solution. We must not have made any mistakes.
Your turn to solve a system of equations using substitution.
Solving for a variable first, then using substitution
Sometimes using substitution is a little bit trickier. Here's another system of equations:
Notice that neither of these equations are already solved for or . As a result, the first step is to solve for or first. Here's how it goes:
Step 1: Solve one of the equations for one of the variables.
Let's solve the first equation for:
Step 2: Substitute that equation into the other equation, and solve for .
Step 3: Substitute into one of the original equations, and solve for .
So our solution is .
Let's practice!
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- Usually you just need to figure out which would be the easiest of the equations to isolate a variable. Often times there will be one equation that leaves you with a nice expression for a single variable after you rearrange the formula. Other times if you try to rearrange to isolate a certain variable, you will have fractions which can be a pain to deal with.
For example:
-3x -4y = 2
-5 = 5x + 5y
Just by looking at these, which do you think would be the easier equation to solve for?
You should be able to tell that the second equation would be much simpler to rearrange to isolate a variable, and in this case, it's nice because we can solve for x or y juist as easily.
If we were to try to solve for the first equation, we would end up getting a fraction in either case for x or y. You could still solve for both x and y this way, but it would be more difficult to deal with.
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I went to middle. I've never been taught such equations, and now I am able to solve them, which are part of the higher degrees of eduction, which is fantastic!(16 votes)- I wish we had a similar system here.(5 votes)
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- x=y+2,55
2x=5y
Substitute please(11 votes)- x = y + 2.55
2x = 5y
By substituting the first equation to the second equation we get:
2(y+2.55) = 5y
Now distribute:
2y + 2.55 = 5y
Then we combine like terms:
2.55 = 5y - 2y
which is 2.55 = 3y.
We then finally divide 3 and 2.55 to get y.
2.55/3 = y
y = 0.85. So y equals 0.85. Now we can find x easily.
x = 0.85 + 2.55
x = 3.40(3 votes)
- -5=5x+5y when you divide it by 5 I don't understand how the equation then becomes x=-1-y when you are dividing by a positive 5 :((6 votes)
- Two things are happening - first, divide by positive 5, then manipulate the equation to get x by itself.
So take the original equation and divide each term on both sides by positive 5. As long as we divide each term by the same non-zero number, the two sides will remain equal.-5 = 5x + 5y
-1 = x + y
Now to get x by itself, we can subtract y from both sides.-1 = x + y
-1 - y = x + y - y
-1 - y = x
Hope that helps.(18 votes)
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