document.write( "Question 295557: Solve using either elimination or substitution. Show your work. If the system has either no solution or an infinite number of solutions, state this.\r
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Solved by pluggable solver: Solving a linear system of equations by subsitution

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\n" ); document.write( " Lets start with the given system of linear equations
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\n" ); document.write( " Now in order to solve this system by using substitution, we need to solve (or isolate) one variable. I'm going to choose y.
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\n" ); document.write( " Solve for y for the first equation
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\n" ); document.write( " \"-15%2Ay=-10-16%2Ax\"Subtract \"16%2Ax\" from both sides
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%28-10-16%2Ax%29%2F-15\" Divide both sides by -15.
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\n" ); document.write( " Which breaks down and reduces to
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=2%2F3%2B%2816%2F15%29%2Ax\" Now we've fully isolated y
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\n" ); document.write( " Since y equals \"2%2F3%2B%2816%2F15%29%2Ax\" we can substitute the expression \"2%2F3%2B%2816%2F15%29%2Ax\" into y of the 2nd equation. This will eliminate y so we can solve for x.
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\n" ); document.write( " \"11%2Ax%2B-7%2Ahighlight%28%282%2F3%2B%2816%2F15%29%2Ax%29%29=13\" Replace y with \"2%2F3%2B%2816%2F15%29%2Ax\". Since this eliminates y, we can now solve for x.
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\n" ); document.write( " \"11%2Ax-7%2A%282%2F3%29-7%2816%2F15%29x=13\" Distribute -7 to \"2%2F3%2B%2816%2F15%29%2Ax\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"11%2Ax-14%2F3-%28112%2F15%29%2Ax=13\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"11%2Ax-14%2F3-%28112%2F15%29%2Ax=13\" Reduce any fractions
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\n" ); document.write( " \"11%2Ax-%28112%2F15%29%2Ax=13%2B14%2F3\"Add \"14%2F3\" to both sides
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\n" ); document.write( " \"11%2Ax-%28112%2F15%29%2Ax=39%2F3%2B14%2F3\" Make 13 into a fraction with a denominator of 3
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\n" ); document.write( " \"11%2Ax-%28112%2F15%29%2Ax=53%2F3\" Combine the terms on the right side
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\n" ); document.write( " \"%28165%2F15%29%2Ax-%28112%2F15%29x=53%2F3\" Make 11 into a fraction with a denominator of 15
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\n" ); document.write( " \"%2853%2F15%29%2Ax=53%2F3\" Now combine the terms on the left side.
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\n" ); document.write( " \"cross%28%2815%2F53%29%2853%2F15%29%29x=%2853%2F3%29%2815%2F53%29\" Multiply both sides by \"15%2F53\". This will cancel out \"53%2F15\" and isolate x
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\n" ); document.write( " So when we multiply \"53%2F3\" and \"15%2F53\" (and simplify) we get
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x=5\" <---------------------------------One answer
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\n" ); document.write( " Now that we know that \"x=5\", lets substitute that in for x to solve for y
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\n" ); document.write( " \"11%285%29-7%2Ay=13\" Plug in \"x=5\" into the 2nd equation
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\n" ); document.write( " \"55-7%2Ay=13\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"-7%2Ay=13-55\"Subtract \"55\" from both sides
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\n" ); document.write( " \"-7%2Ay=-42\" Combine the terms on the right side
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\n" ); document.write( " \"cross%28%281%2F-7%29%28-7%29%29%2Ay=%28-42%2F1%29%281%2F-7%29\" Multiply both sides by \"1%2F-7\". This will cancel out -7 on the left side.
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-42%2F-7\" Multiply the terms on the right side
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=6\" Reduce
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\n" ); document.write( " So this is the other answer
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=6\"<---------------------------------Other answer
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\n" ); document.write( " So our solution is
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x=5\" and \"y=6\"
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\n" ); document.write( " which can also look like
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\n" ); document.write( " (\"5\",\"6\")
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\n" ); document.write( " Notice if we graph the equations (if you need help with graphing, check out this solver)
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\n" ); document.write( " graph of \"16%2Ax-15%2Ay=-10\" (red) and \"11%2Ax-7%2Ay=13\" (green) (hint: you may have to solve for y to graph these) intersecting at the blue circle.
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\n" ); document.write( " and we can see that the two equations intersect at (\"5\",\"6\"). This verifies our answer.
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\n" ); document.write( " Plug in (\"5\",\"6\") into the system of equations
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\n" ); document.write( " Let \"x=5\" and \"y=6\". Now plug those values into the equation \"16%2Ax-15%2Ay=-10\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"16%2A%285%29-15%2A%286%29=-10\" Plug in \"x=5\" and \"y=6\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"80-90=-10\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"-10=-10\" Add
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\n" ); document.write( " \"-10=-10\" Reduce. Since this equation is true the solution works.
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\n" ); document.write( " So the solution (\"5\",\"6\") satisfies \"16%2Ax-15%2Ay=-10\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Let \"x=5\" and \"y=6\". Now plug those values into the equation \"11%2Ax-7%2Ay=13\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"11%2A%285%29-7%2A%286%29=13\" Plug in \"x=5\" and \"y=6\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"55-42=13\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"13=13\" Add
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\n" ); document.write( " \"13=13\" Reduce. Since this equation is true the solution works.
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\n" ); document.write( " So the solution (\"5\",\"6\") satisfies \"11%2Ax-7%2Ay=13\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Since the solution (\"5\",\"6\") satisfies the system of equations
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\n" ); document.write( " this verifies our answer.
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