SOLUTION: please help me solve this using substitution, I don't understand how to work any of these linear equations by substitution or elimination. x + 3y = 3 2x + 3y = 0

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Question 26398: please help me solve this using substitution, I don't understand how to work any of these linear equations by substitution or elimination.
x + 3y = 3
2x + 3y = 0

Answer by Alwayscheerful(414)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE linear system by SUBSTITUTION
Solve:
We'll use substitution. After moving 3*y to the right, we get:
, or . Substitute that
into another equation:
and simplify: So, we know that y=2. Since , x=-3.

Answer: .

OR
Solved by pluggable solver: Linear System solver (using determinant)
Solve:


Any system of equations:


has solution

or



(x=-3, y=2}

Hope this helps!

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