SOLUTION: 2x+y=4 x+y+2 im stuck i need help solving this can you give me some help

Question 154416: 2x+y=4
x+y+2
im stuck i need help solving this can you give me some help
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given system of equations:

Multiply the both sides of the second equation by -1.

Distribute and multiply.

So we have the new system of equations:

Now add the equations together. You can do this by simply adding the two left sides and the two right sides separately like this:

Group like terms.

Combine like terms. Notice how the y terms cancel out.

Simplify.

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Now go back to the first equation.

Plug in .

Multiply.

Subtract from both sides.

Combine like terms on the right side.

So our answer is and .

Which form the ordered pair

.

This means that the system is consistent and independent.

Notice when we graph the equations, we see that they intersect at

. So this visually verifies our answer.

Graph of (red) and (green)

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