SOLUTION: x=4y
y=3x+1
will you solve for x and solve for y?
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Question 27730: x=4y
y=3x+1
will you solve for x and solve for y?
Answer by wuwei96815(245) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This set of equations is best solved by substitution.
We know that x=4y so we can substitute this value for x in the second equation.
y=3x+1
y=3(4y) + 1
y=12y + 1
y-12y=1
-11y=1
y=-1/11
x=4y
x=4(-1/11)
x=-4/11
Strange values. You can substitute them into the equations to check their correctness.
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