Find the ordered pair that satisfies the system of equations
x + 3y = -4
3x - 7y = 36 + 5x - 2y
First we list the two equations.
x+3y=−4 (1)
3x−7y=36+5x−2y we must simplify the second equation to get:
−2x−5y=36 (2)
Now we have a system of equations that looks much nicer. On to the math:
First we multiply equation(1) by -2 to get:
−2x−6y=8 (3) We will call this equation 3 for the sake of clarity.
Next we subtract equation(3) from equation(2) to cancel out variable x.
−2x−5y−(−2x−6y)=36−8 This simplifies to:
y=28
Now we can plug the value of y back into equation(1) to get x:
x+84=−4 Then we subtract 84 from both sides of the equation to get x:
x=−88
Now we have the ordered pair of (x,y)
x=−88
y=28