SOLUTION: HEY I WAS WANTING TO KNOW HOW TO SLOVE THIS LINEAR EQUATION BY SUBSTITUTION. THE PROBLEM LOOKS LIKE THIS. 4X+Y=6 y=2X

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Question 49743: HEY I WAS WANTING TO KNOW HOW TO SLOVE THIS LINEAR EQUATION BY SUBSTITUTION. THE PROBLEM LOOKS LIKE THIS. 4X+Y=6
y=2X

Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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SINCE Y=2X THEN SUBSTITUTING 2X FOR Y IN THE OTHER EQUATION WE GET 4X+2X=6 THEN
6X=6 OR X=1 NOW SOLVING FOR Y IN Y=2X WE GET Y=2*1 OR Y=2