SOLUTION: What is the value of x and y if x+y= 42?

Question 965450: What is the value of x and y if x+y= 42?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Wrong question. One equation with two unknown variables ---------- infinite solutions which fit a line.

You can solve the equation for x:

but then x is shown as a formula and y is still unknown.

You can solve the equation for y:

but then y is shown as a formula and y is still unknown.

You can PICK a value for one variable and then evaluate the corresponding value of the other variable.
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