How can you use substitution to solve a system of linear equations?

1 answer:

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Step 1:
Solve one of the equations for either x = or y = .
Step 2:
Substitute the solution from step 1 into the other equation.
Step 3:
Solve this new equation.
Step 4:
Solve for the second variable.

Example 1: Solve the following system by substitution
Substitution Method Example
Solution:
Step 1: Solve one of the equations for either x = or y = . We will solve second equation for y.
solution step 1
Step 2: Substitute the solution from step 1 into the second equation.
solution step 2
Step 3: Solve this new equation.
solution step 3
Step 4: Solve for the second variable
solution step 4
The solution is: (x, y) = (10, -5)
Hope this helps!

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