How do you solve the system #(3/4)x - (1/2)y = -(1/2)# and #x + y = -(3/2)#?
1 Answer
Mar 30, 2015
Simplify your equations by multiplying both sides by a constant to clear the fractions then solve as normal.
Adding these modified equations together gives
So
and by substitution back into any one of the prior equations