document.write( "Question 60448: Please help me to answer this question \"What is x and y for the term 9x+y=10 and x+4y=5 using the substitution?\" And please teach how to solve it step by step... Please... <<
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Algebra.Com's Answer #41543 by praseena(37)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solution:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here the equations are, \n" ); document.write( "9x+y=10 and \n" ); document.write( "x+4y=5\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "method of substitution:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "consider the first equation,(also you can consider the second equation)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let us tAke the first one\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "9x+y=10\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "subtract 9x from both sides.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 9x + y - 9x = 10 - 9x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> y = 10 - 9x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "here we got the value of 'y' in terms of x. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "right?\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now substitute this value of y in the second equation.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that is x + 4 * ( 10 - 9x ) = 5\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " x + 4 * 10 - 4 * 9x = 5 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " x + 40 - 36X = 5\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Subtract 40 from both sides of the equation\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> x + 40 - 36x - 40 = 5 - 40\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> x - 36x = -35\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> -35x = -35\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now divide both sides of the equation by -35\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> x = 1\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "understood?\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now substitute this value of 'x' , in the expression, y = 10 - 9x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> y = 10 - 9 * 1\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> y = 10 - 9 \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " =1\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so the solution for the equations in\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=1 \n" ); document.write( "y=1 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |