SOLUTION: Can you tell me step by step how I would solve this problem:
8x-2=y-3
4x-y=-2
It's an ordered pair, system of equation problem.
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8x-2=y-3
4x-y=-2
It's an ordered pair, system of equation problem.
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Question 573842: Can you tell me step by step how I would solve this problem:
8x-2=y-3
4x-y=-2
It's an ordered pair, system of equation problem. Found 2 solutions by JBarnum, solver91311:Answer by JBarnum(2146) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! well 2 ways elimination method or substitution method
i find elimination method fastest and easiest subtract y and add 2 to both sides
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imma subtract the equations add lik terms divide by 4
. substitute for x multiply add y and 1 to both sides add
I have no idea how you would solve it. All I can tell you is how I would solve it, but bear in mind that there are at least 3 other equally valid ways to do it.
Add 3 to both sides of the first equation giving you an expression in that is equal to . Substitute this expression in place of in the second equation. You will now have a single variable equation in . Collect terms and solve for . Take this newly discovered value for and substitute it back into the first equation giving you a single variable equation in . Solve it.
You now have a value for and a value for . Substitute both values into each of the original equations to check your work. If you have done the arithmetic correctly, then in each case the result is a true statement.
Given a successful check step, form the ordered pair with the values determined. Your solution set consists of the single element of the ordered pair just formed.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
