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using Elimination
Steps:
1. Place both equations in Standard Form, Ax + By =
C.
2. Determine which variable to eliminate with
Addition or Subtraction.
3. Solve for the variable left.
4. Go back and use the found variable in step 3
to find second variable.
5. Check the solution in both equations of the system.
EXAMPLE #1: 5x + 3y = 11
5x = 2y + 1
STEP1: Write both equations in Ax + By = C
form. 5x + 3y =1
5x - 2y =1
STEP 2: Use subtraction to eliminate 5x.
5x + 3y =11 5x + 3y = 11
-(5x - 2y =1) -5x + 2y = -1
Note: the (-) is distributed.
STEP 3: Solve for the variable.
5x + 3y =11
-5x + 2y = -1
5y =10
5x + 3y = 11
5x = 2y + 1
5x + 3y = 11 5x = 2y + 1
5(1) + 3(2) =11 5(1) = 2(2) + 1
5 + 6 =11 5=4+1
11=11 5=5
Solving Systems of Equations
using Elimination
Steps:
1. Place both equations in Standard Form, Ax + By =
C.
2. Determine which variable to eliminate with
Addition or Subtraction.
3. Solve for the remaining variable.
4. Go back and use the variable found in step 3
to find the second variable.
5. Check the solution in both equations of the system.
Example #2: x + y = 10
5x – y =
2 in standard
Step 1: The equations are already
form: x + y = 10
5x – y = 2
x + y =10 5x – y =2
2+8 5(2) - (8)
=2
=10
10 – 8
10=10 =2
2=2
NOW solve these using elimination:
1. 2.
2x + 4y =1 2x – y =6
x - 4y =5 x+y=3
Using Elimination to Solve a
Word Problem:
Two angles are supplementary.
The measure of one angle is 10
degrees more than three times the
other.
Find the measure of each angle.
Using Elimination to Solve a
Word Problem:
Two angles are supplementary.
The measure of one angle is 10
more than three times the other.
Find the measure of each angle.
x = degree measure of angle #1
y = degree measure of angle #2
Therefore x + y = 180
Using Elimination to Solve a
Word Problem:
Two angles are supplementary.
The measure of one angle is 10
more than three times the other.
Find the measure of each angle.
x + y = 180
x =10 + 3y
Using Elimination to Solve a
Word Problem:
Solve
x + y = 180
x =10 + 3y x + 42.5 = 180
x + y = 180
x = 180 - 42.5
-(x - 3y = 10)
4y =170 x = 137.5
y = 42.5
(137.5, 42.5)
Using Elimination to Solve a
Word Problem:
The sum of two numbers is 70
and their difference is 24.
Find the two numbers.
Using Elimination to Solve a
Word problem:
The sum of two numbers is 70
and their difference is 24.
Find the two numbers.
x = first number
y = second number
Therefore, x + y = 70
Using Elimination to Solve a
Word Problem: