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put this solution on YOUR website!- Determine how many solutions exist
- Use either elimination or substitution to find the solutions (if any)
Graph the two lines, labeling the x-intercepts, y-intercepts, and points of intersection
0.2x + 0.4y = 1.7 and 8.3x - 6.3y = -4.3
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get rid of the decimals, multiply both equations by 10, results
2x + 4y = 17
83x - 63y = -43
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We will use elimination;
Multiply the 1st equation by 83 and the 2nd equation by 2:
166x + 332y = 1411
166x - 126y = -86
--------------------subtraction eliminates x, find y
458y = 1497
y =
; approx 3.3 on the graph
Find x using eq: 2x + 4y = 17
2x + 4(
) = 17
2x +
= 17
2x = -
+ 17
2x = -
+
2x =
x =
*
x =
; approx 2.0 on the graph
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solution: x =
; y =
; this the point of intersection
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Put both equations in the slope intercept form
2x + 4y = 17
4y = -2x + 17
y =
x +
y =
x +
Plot two points
x = 4; y = 2
(substituted 4 for x in the above equation and found y)
x = 0; y =
; (4.25) this is also the y intercept (when x=0)
Graph of this
calculate the x intercept (when y = 0)
x +
= 0
x = -
Multiply both side by -2, results
x =
= 8
is the x intercept, confirmed on the graph
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Do the same with the 2nd equation;
83x - 63y = -43
-63y = -83x - 43
63y = 83x + 43; multiplied by -1
y =
x +
Plot two points
x = 0, y =
; approx .7 on the graph; this the y intercept
x = 4, y =
; approx 6 on the graph
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Add this to the above graph:
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Calculate the x intercept of this equation:
x +
= 0
x = -
Multiply both sides by 63
83x = 43
x =
; approx -.5 on the graph, (the x intercept
Summarize
Eq1: x intercept = 8.5, y intercept = 4.25
Eq2: x intercept =
, y intercept =
Point of intersection: x =
; y =
(approx 2, 3.3 on the graph
;
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This problems was very time consuming, please take time to study it and learn
what's happening here. Carl
