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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