SOLUTION: x=3y,x-3y=0 using substitution

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Question 1171574: x=3y,x-3y=0 using substitution
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, math_tutor2020:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source):
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YOU do the substitution and solve for the single variable resulting from this. Use the result found to evaluate the other variable.

Answer by math_tutor2020(3817) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The 1st equation is x = 3y
It means x is the same as 3y.
Whenever we see "x", we can replace it with "3y".

We'll do so in the 2nd equation.
x-3y = 0
x-3y = 0
3y-3y = 0
0 = 0
We get the same thing on both sides.
Therefore, we have infinitely many solutions

This is the case because x = 3y can be rearranged to x-3y = 0, and vice versa.