SOLUTION: 1.) y=2x-1 x+3y=11 (The substitution method)

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Question 281653: 1.) y=2x-1
x+3y=11 (The substitution method)

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


Plug in


Distribute.


Combine like terms on the left side.


Add to both sides.


Combine like terms on the right side.


Divide both sides by to isolate .


Reduce.


Go back to the first equation.


Plug in


Multiply


Subtract


So the solutions are and giving us the ordered pair (2,3)

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