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3 years ago

How do you know what number to multiply everything by using the elimination method on systems of equations??

Mathematics

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Marrrta [24]3 years ago

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Answer:

See below

Step-by-step explanation:

You multiply the equations by numbers that will give you the least common multiple of the coefficients.

Suppose you have a system of two equations:

$\begin{cases}(1)& 2x + y = 40\\(2) & x + 2.5y = 60\end{cases}\\$

You can choose to eliminate either x or y.

1. Eliminating x

The coefficients of x are 2 and 1. The least common multiple is 2, so you multiply (1) by 1 and (2) by 2 to get

$\begin{array}{lrcll}(3) & 2x + y & = & 40 &\ \\(4) & 2x + 5y & = & 120 & }\\\end{array}$

Then you can subtract (3) from (4) and get

4y = 80. Solve for y.

2. Eliminating y

The coefficients of y are 1 and 2.5. The least common multiple is 2.5, so you multiply (1) by 2.5 and (2) by 1 to get

$\begin{array}{lrcll}(5) & 5x + 2.5y & = & 100 &\ \\(6) & x + 2.5y & = & 60 & }\\\end{array}$

Then you can subtract (6) from (5) and get

4x = 40. Solve for x.

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Part a) The table shows a proportional relationship between tablespoons of chocolate syrup and cups of milk

Part b) The scale factor is 1.5

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Part d) The units for the constant of proportionality are tablespoons of chocolate syrup per cups of milk

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