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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( " \"-3%2Ay=1-3%2Ax\"Subtract \"3%2Ax\" from both sides
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%281-3%2Ax%29%2F-3\" Divide both sides by -3.
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\n" ); document.write( " Which breaks down and reduces to
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=-1%2F3%2B1%2Ax\" Now we've fully isolated y
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\n" ); document.write( " Since y equals \"-1%2F3%2B1%2Ax\" we can substitute the expression \"-1%2F3%2B1%2Ax\" into y of the 2nd equation. This will eliminate y so we can solve for x.
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2Ax%2B1%2Ahighlight%28%28-1%2F3%2B1%2Ax%29%29=4\" Replace y with \"-1%2F3%2B1%2Ax\". Since this eliminates y, we can now solve for x.
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2Ax%2B1%2A%28-1%2F3%29%2B1%281%29x=4\" Distribute 1 to \"-1%2F3%2B1%2Ax\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2Ax-1%2F3%2B1%2Ax=4\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2Ax-1%2F3%2B1%2Ax=4\" Reduce any fractions
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2Ax%2B1%2Ax=4%2B1%2F3\"Add \"1%2F3\" to both sides
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2Ax%2B1%2Ax=12%2F3%2B1%2F3\" Make 4 into a fraction with a denominator of 3
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2Ax%2B1%2Ax=13%2F3\" Combine the terms on the right side
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\n" ); document.write( " \"2%2Ax=13%2F3\" Now combine the terms on the left side.
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\n" ); document.write( " \"cross%28%281%2F2%29%282%2F1%29%29x=%2813%2F3%29%281%2F2%29\" Multiply both sides by \"1%2F2\". This will cancel out \"2%2F1\" and isolate x
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\n" ); document.write( " So when we multiply \"13%2F3\" and \"1%2F2\" (and simplify) we get
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x=13%2F6\" <---------------------------------One answer
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\n" ); document.write( " Now that we know that \"x=13%2F6\", lets substitute that in for x to solve for y
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2813%2F6%29%2B1%2Ay=4\" Plug in \"x=13%2F6\" into the 2nd equation
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\n" ); document.write( " \"13%2F6%2B1%2Ay=4\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2Ay=4-13%2F6\"Subtract \"13%2F6\" from both sides
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2Ay=24%2F6-13%2F6\" Make 4 into a fraction with a denominator of 6
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2Ay=11%2F6\" Combine the terms on the right side
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\n" ); document.write( " \"cross%28%281%2F1%29%281%29%29%2Ay=%2811%2F6%29%281%2F1%29\" Multiply both sides by \"1%2F1\". This will cancel out 1 on the left side.
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=11%2F6\" Multiply the terms on the right side
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=11%2F6\" Reduce
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\n" ); document.write( " So this is the other answer
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=11%2F6\"<---------------------------------Other answer
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\n" ); document.write( " So our solution is
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\n" ); document.write( " \"x=13%2F6\" and \"y=11%2F6\"
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\n" ); document.write( " which can also look like
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\n" ); document.write( " (\"13%2F6\",\"11%2F6\")
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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( " \"3%2Ax-3%2Ay=1\"
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\n" ); document.write( " we get
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\n" ); document.write( " graph of \"3%2Ax-3%2Ay=1\" (red) and \"1%2Ax%2B1%2Ay=4\" (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 (\"13%2F6\",\"11%2F6\"). This verifies our answer.
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\n" ); document.write( " Plug in (\"13%2F6\",\"11%2F6\") into the system of equations
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\n" ); document.write( " Let \"x=13%2F6\" and \"y=11%2F6\". Now plug those values into the equation \"3%2Ax-3%2Ay=1\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"3%2A%2813%2F6%29-3%2A%2811%2F6%29=1\" Plug in \"x=13%2F6\" and \"y=11%2F6\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"39%2F6-33%2F6=1\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"6%2F6=1\" Add
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1=1\" Reduce. Since this equation is true the solution works.
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\n" ); document.write( " So the solution (\"13%2F6\",\"11%2F6\") satisfies \"3%2Ax-3%2Ay=1\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Let \"x=13%2F6\" and \"y=11%2F6\". Now plug those values into the equation \"1%2Ax%2B1%2Ay=4\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"1%2A%2813%2F6%29%2B1%2A%2811%2F6%29=4\" Plug in \"x=13%2F6\" and \"y=11%2F6\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"13%2F6%2B11%2F6=4\" Multiply
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\n" ); document.write( " \"24%2F6=4\" Add
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\n" ); document.write( " \"4=4\" Reduce. Since this equation is true the solution works.
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\n" ); document.write( " So the solution (\"13%2F6\",\"11%2F6\") satisfies \"1%2Ax%2B1%2Ay=4\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Since the solution (\"13%2F6\",\"11%2F6\") satisfies the system of equations
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\n" ); document.write( " this verifies our answer.
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