To do this problem you would first need to factor out a variable, which in this case I would want to do the first equation because it is isolated. Now the equations would look like this:
x = -2y - 1
4x - 4y = 20
Since we know that x is now equal to -2y - 1 we can plug it in to the x value in the second equation:
4 (-2y -1) - 4y = 20
-8y -4 - 4y
-12y - 4 = 20
-12y = 24
y = -2
Now that we know the y value plug the y value to one equation to find the x, I will be using the first equation
x + 2(-2) = -1
x - 4 = -1
x = 3
Solutions:
y = -2
x = 3
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
let the consecutive even numbers be 2n-2,2n,2n+2,2n+4 where n>0 and n is an integer.
2n(2n+2)-(2n-2)(2n+4)
=4n²+4n-(4n²+8n-4n-8)
=4n²+4n-4n²-8n+4n+8
=8
Answer:
x=1
Step-by-step explanation:
First you distribute the 3 to 5x and 1 to get 15x+3=18x
Then you subtract 15x from 18x and get 3x
Lastly you divide 3 by 3 to separate the 3 and x and get x=1.
