Can someone be nice enough to help me please ?
consider this system of equation y=3x and 3x+y=9
Solving systems using substitution
I have to solve them using substitution and equal values method
i think x=3
@Wintersuntime. they're telling you that y = 3x right? so you plug this into the second equation 3x+y = 9 see what I did below? y = 3x 3x+y = 9 3x+3x = 9 6x = 9 x = 9/6 Check this. y = 3(9/6) x = 9/6, y = 4.5 3(9/6) + 4.5 = 9 4.5 + 4.5 = 9
so we find that x = 1.5 and y = 4.5 you can plug both these values into the two equations and you'll find that they satisfy them both.
Thats substitution or equal values method ?
that's substitution because we substituted y = 3x into the second equation where we had y.
How would be in a fraction ? is it 9/6
Yeah that's 3/2 or 1.5
How do i plug them back to the equation ?
Let me give you a problem
sorry im really dumb at math
@wintersuntime can you solve this and show me what you get step by step? y = 2x 2x+y = 16
add 2x both sides first
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