How do you determine the solution in terms of a system of linear equations for #5x + 2y = 5#, #3x + y = 2#?
1 Answer
Explanation:
You can solve for the solution using elimination or substitution. Personally, I think it will be easier to use substitution for this problem, so that's what I will use.
First, let's look at the second equation. You will notice that it is easy to isolate
Now that we've isolated
Now that we have solved for the value of
So the solutions are:
Checking
In case you are unsure of your answer, you can check this by substituting the solutions in both of the equations.