PLEASE HELP!!! Solving equations with substitution! I don't really know how to solve it.
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<h2>Steps:</h2>
So with using the substitution method, to be able to do so you must have one of the equations isolated with one of the variables. In this case, we see that the first equation has the y variable isolated. Now with this, we are going to substitute y in the second equation for 2x since y = 2x:
From here, we can solve for x:
Since we have the x-value, substitute x for 1 into either equation to solve for y as such:
In short:
- x = 1
- y = 2
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Answer:
y = -3x + 10
Step-by-step explanation:
To find an equation of a line that passes through two points, we have to first find the slope between the two equation. We can do this by using the slope formula:
where (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) are the two points that we are finding the slope between.
Lets make (x₁, y₁) equal to (0, 10) and (x₂, y₂) equal to (3, 1). Now we plug them into the slope formula:
So the slope between the two points is -3.
From here, I would normally take one of the points given to us and plug in the point and slope into the point-slope form of a line and then simplify until we get it in slope-intercept form. But if you look carefully, the y-intercept is given to us as the point (0, 10). So we now know that the y-intercept of the line is 10. We can now take the y-intercept and the slope and plug it into the slope-intercept form of a line to get out equation:
y = mx + b
plug in -3 for m (the slope) and 10 for b (the y-intercept)
y = -3x + 10
So now we have our equation.
I hope you find my answer and explanation helpful. Happy studying. :)