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The sales representatives informs you that there are two floor plans available. There are
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Question 205551: I'm having problems solving this problem as a system of equations. Please help. Thanks.
The sales representatives informs you that there are two floor plans available. There are a total of 56 houses available.
Plan A is x+y=56 and Plan B is x+3y=56. Use substitution to determine how many of each type of floor plan is available, and what are the intercepts of the equation from x+y=56 and from x+3y=56. where would the lines intercept?
*this is so confusing to me, thanks. Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Targetweek:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The sales representatives informs you that there are two floor plans available. There are a total of 56 houses available.
Plan A is x+y=56 and Plan B is x+3y=56. Use substitution to determine how many of each type of floor plan is available, and what are the intercepts of the equation from x+y=56 and from x+3y=56. where would the lines intersect?
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y = 56-x
Substitute into x + 3y = 56 to solve for "y":
x + 3(56-x) = 56
x + 168 - 3x = 56
2x = 112
x = 56
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Substitute into x + y = 56 to solve for "y":
y = 0
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I think there is something wrong with your posted problem.
Cheers,
Stan H.
Solve: We'll use substitution. After moving 1*y to the right, we get: , or . Substitute that
into another equation: and simplify: So, we know that y=0. Since , x=56.
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