SOLUTION: Describe how you can use the equations y=5x and y=3x+100 to find when the two points of the equations will meet on the graph

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Question 231881: Describe how you can use the equations y=5x and y=3x+100 to find when the two points of the equations will meet on the graph
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Describe how you can use the equations y=5x and y=3x+100 to find when the two points of the equations will meet on the graph:
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solve for x and y:
substitute 5x for y in the 2nd equation, find x:
5x = 3x + 100
5x - 3x = 100
2x = 100
x = 100%2F2
x = 50
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Find y
y = 5x
y = 5(50)
y = 250
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graphs will meet at x/y coordinates: 50,250