I'll just do 5 and 8 for you: 5) y= x+3 3x+ 2y= 26 Copy the second equation, but instead of y, don't write y, but instead write what y equals from the first equation, which is x+3 in parentheses (x+3) 3x+ 2(x+3)= 26 Remove parentheses by distributing 3x + 2x + 6 = 26 5x + 6 = 26 5x = 20 x = 4 Substitute (4) for x in y= x+3 y= 4+3 y = 7 Solution: (x,y) = (4,7) ---------------------------- 8) 2x+3y= 7 4x-5y= 25 We notice that the second equation has 4x and the first equation has 2x, and we know that 4x is 2 times 2x So we solve the first equation for 2x 2x+3y= 7 We subtract 3y from both sides 2x= 7-3y We need 4x, not 2x, to substitute in the second equation, so we multiply both sides, every term, of that equation by 2: 4x= 14-6y Copy the second equation, 4x-5y= 25 but instead of 4x, don't write 4x, but instead write what 4x equals from that equation, which is 14-6y. 14-6y-5y= 25 Combine like terms 14-11y = 25 Add -14 to both sides: -11y = 11 y = -1 Solution: (x,y) = (5,-1) Edwin