What is the solution to a system of linear equations?
The point where the two lines intersect.
If two lines cross at (3,2), what is the solution to the system?
(3,2)
Question:
Solve the system using substitution:
y=4
x+y=9
Answer:
(5,4)
Find the slope and y intercept.
2x+9y=18
slope= 2/9
yint=2
Two numbers add to 10. One is 4. What is the other?
6
How many solutions does a system have if the lines intersect once?
One solution.
Does the system have one solution, no solution, or infinitely many solutions?
y=x+2
y=x−5
Answer: No solution
same slope
Solve:
y=x+2
y=5
(3,5)
-x+4y=-16
find slope and yint
slope=1/4
yint=-4
Two numbers add to 12 and differ by 2. What are they?
7 and 5
What does it mean if two lines are parallel in a system?
They never intersect (no solution).
Solve the system:
y=3x−5
y=−2x+10
x=3
y=4
Solve:
y=x+1
y= 2x - 2
Solution:
x+1=2x−2x
x=3
y=4
Answer: (3,4)
The sum of two numbers is 45. One number is 4 times the other. FInd the numbers.
9 and 36
You buy 2 notebooks and 1 pen for $7.
A friend buys 1 notebook and 1 pen for $5.
How much is a notebook?
2
What does the graph look like if a system has infinitely many solutions?
Answer: The same line.
Does the system have one solution, no solution, or infinitely many solutions?
y=3x−2
3x−y=2
Rewrite second equation.
Answer: Infinitely many solutions
(same line)
5x+20=5y
-2x+y=7
solve using subsitution
(−1,5)
First number: 3
Second number: 7
You buy 2 pencils and 3 erasers for $9.
You buy 1 pencil and 3 erasers for $7.
How much is a pencil?
2
What is the ordered pair that makes both equations in a system true called?
The solution to the system
Does the system have one solution, no solution, or infinitely many solutions?
2x+y=5
4x+2y=11
Same left side but different constants → impossible.
No solution
x=y−4
−2x+3y=6
Solve using substitution
(−6,−2)
The larger of two numbers is 4 more than the smaller. Twice the larger added to the smaller equals 86. Find the two numbers.
Smaller number = 26
Larger number = 30
A store sells sandwiches for $5 and pencils for 1 dollar. One day they sold 30 items for $110. How much of each item was sold?
20 sandwiches
10 pencils