SOLUTION: Please help me find the solution to the systems: x+2y=4 y=-1/2x+2

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Question 253274: Please help me find the solution to the systems:
x+2y=4
y=-1/2x+2

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the first equation.


Plug in


Distribute


Combine like terms on the left side.


Subtract from both sides.


Combine like terms on the right side.


Simplify.


Since this equation is ALWAYS true for any x value, this means x can equal any number.


So there are an infinite number of solutions.

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