Solving Systems Using Substitution???Am I doing this right???

Question

anonymous · Answer

y=8-x and 7=2-y...2-(8-x)??

anonymous · Answer

16-2x=7...Is this correct???

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

the original equations are y = 8-x and 7 = 2-y ?

is there an x in the second equation?

anonymous · Answer

Yes those are the original equations.

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

is there an x in the second equation?

anonymous · Answer

After the orignal equations,I substituted teh y in teh second equation and got 2-(8-x)=7.No there's no x in teh second equation.

anonymous · Answer

Then I used the distributive proprety to get 16-2x=7.

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

If there are no x terms in 7 = 2-y, then why not solve for y

7 = 2-y

7 - 2 = -y

5 = -y

-y = 5

y = -5

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

then plug this into y = 8-x to get -5 = 8-x

then solve for x

-5 = 8 - x

-5 - 8 = -x

-13 = -x

-x = -13

x = 13