Question

Can anyone help me with the process of substitution in Algebra I? It's much appreciated!

Answer 1

Ok what you have to do is get one variable in the two equations equal but opposite to each other. You already have that in y in the first one and -y in the second. Sometimes you would have to do some manipulation to get there.

Next, add the two together:

4x+y=-5
+ 2x-y=-1
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6x=-6
x-1

Now plug in the -1 for x in one of the formulas above:
4(-1)+y=-5 solve for y
-4+y=-5
y=-5+4
y=-1