To solve that, make a table of points for each equation: Forwe make a table of arbitrary points: (You make up a value for one of the letters, substitute it, and solve for the other letter. If you don't know how to do that post again asking how. x | y -3 | -6 2 | -1 6 | 3 We plot them, like this: Next we get a ruler and draw a straight line through those points: Next we do the same thing with the other equation: To solve that make a table of points for it: For we make a table of arbitrary points: x | y -2 | 7 6 | -1 -4 | -7 We plot them, like this: Next we get the ruler and draw a straight line through those points, too: Next we find the coordinates of the point where thos two lines cross by drawing lines from the point where the two lines cross straight to the the x-axis and straight to the y-axis, like this. I'll draw them in green: And we see that the green linee ends up at 4 on the x axis and at 1 on the y-axis, and so tjhe answer is x=4, and y=1 We check by substituting 4 for x and 1 for y in both equations: x - y = 3 x + y = 5 4 - 1 = 3 4 + 1 = 5 3 = 3 5 = 5 Since both equations check, we know we have the correct solution. Do the others the same way. Edwin