The document provides an example of solving a pair of linear equations by adding and subtracting the equations. It then presents a sample question asking to graph two other linear equations, find the point of intersection of the lines, and calculate the area of the triangle formed below the lines and the x-axis. The solution section sets up a table with the x- and y-coordinates that satisfy each equation and plots these points on a graph to draw the lines, finding the area of the resulting triangle below the lines.
The document provides an example of solving a pair of linear equations by adding and subtracting the equations. It then presents a sample question asking to graph two other linear equations, find the point of intersection of the lines, and calculate the area of the triangle formed below the lines and the x-axis. The solution section sets up a table with the x- and y-coordinates that satisfy each equation and plots these points on a graph to draw the lines, finding the area of the resulting triangle below the lines.
The document provides an example of solving a pair of linear equations by adding and subtracting the equations. It then presents a sample question asking to graph two other linear equations, find the point of intersection of the lines, and calculate the area of the triangle formed below the lines and the x-axis. The solution section sets up a table with the x- and y-coordinates that satisfy each equation and plots these points on a graph to draw the lines, finding the area of the resulting triangle below the lines.
Adding Equations (1) and (2), we have 68x + 68y = 272 or x+y=4 (5) Subtracting Equation (1) from Equation (2), we have 26x – 26y = 52 or x–y=2 (6) On adding and subtracting Equations (5) and (6), we get x = 3, y = 1 Sample Question 3 : Draw the graphs of the pair of linear equations x – y + 2 = 0 and 4x – y – 4 = 0. Calculate the area of the triangle formed by the lines so drawn and the x-axis. Solution : For drawing the graphs of the given equations, we find two solutions of each of the equations, which are given in Table 3.1 Table 3.1 x 0 –2 x 0 1 y=x+2 2 0 y = 4x – 4 –4 0 Plot the points A (0, 2), B (–2, 0), P (0, –4) and Q (1, 0) on the graph paper, and join the points to form the lines AB and PQ as shown in Fig 3.1