Yes, for solving simultaneous equations.
True. The elimination method is a technique used in solving systems of equations where you can eliminate one variable by adding or subtracting equations. This simplifies the system, allowing for easier solving of the remaining variable. It is particularly effective when the coefficients of one variable are opposites or can be made to be opposites.
To solve a system of two equations, you can use one of three methods: substitution, elimination, or graphing. In the substitution method, you solve one equation for one variable and substitute that expression into the other equation. In the elimination method, you manipulate the equations to eliminate one variable by adding or subtracting them. Graphing involves plotting both equations on a graph and identifying their point of intersection, which represents the solution.
1. Elimination: Select two equations and a variable to eliminate. Multiply each equation by the coefficient if that variable in the other equation. If the signs of the coefficient for that variable in the resulting equations are the same then subtract one new equation from the other. If they have opposite signs then add them. You will now have an equation without that variable. Repeat will other pairs and you will end up with one fewer equation and one fewer variable. Repeat this process: after each round you will have one fewer equation and one fewer variable. Keep going until you are left with one equation in one variable. Solve that. Then work backwards solving for the other variables.2. Substitution: Select a equation and a variable. Make that variable the subject of the equation. The right hand side of this equation is an expression for that variable. Substitute this expression for the variable is each of the other equations. Again, one fewer equation in one fewer variable. Continue until you are left with one equation in one variable. Solve that. Then work backwards solving for the other variables.3. Matrix inversion: If A is the nxn matrix of coefficients, X is the nx1 [column] matrix of variables and B is the nx1 matrix of the equation constants, then X = A^-1*B where A^-1 is the inverse of matrix A.
When the coefficient of that variable, in which you want to eliminate, is negative.
combining like terms or subtracting from both sides of the equation.
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To solve this system of equations using the elimination method, we need to eliminate one variable by adding or subtracting the two equations. By looking at the equations given (2y-2x-8 = 0 and 3y-18-3x = 0), we can choose to eliminate either the x or y variable. Let's choose to eliminate the x variable: Multiply the first equation by 3 and the second equation by 2 to make the coefficients of x the same: 6y - 6x - 24 = 0 6y - 36 - 6x = 0 Now we can subtract the second equation from the first equation to eliminate x: (6y - 6x - 24) - (6y - 36 - 6x) = 0 Simplify to get -12 = 0, which is a false statement. Therefore, the system of equations is inconsistent and has no solution.
By elimination and substitution
It does not matter.
1. Elimination: Select two equations and a variable to eliminate. Multiply each equation by the coefficient if that variable in the other equation. If the signs of the coefficient for that variable in the resulting equations are the same then subtract one new equation from the other. If they have opposite signs then add them. You will now have an equation without that variable. Repeat will other pairs and you will end up with one fewer equation and one fewer variable. Repeat this process: after each round you will have one fewer equation and one fewer variable. Keep going until you are left with one equation in one variable. Solve that. Then work backwards solving for the other variables.2. Substitution: Select a equation and a variable. Make that variable the subject of the equation. The right hand side of this equation is an expression for that variable. Substitute this expression for the variable is each of the other equations. Again, one fewer equation in one fewer variable. Continue until you are left with one equation in one variable. Solve that. Then work backwards solving for the other variables.3. Matrix inversion: If A is the nxn matrix of coefficients, X is the nx1 [column] matrix of variables and B is the nx1 matrix of the equation constants, then X = A^-1*B where A^-1 is the inverse of matrix A.
When the coefficient of that variable, in which you want to eliminate, is negative.
combining like terms or subtracting from both sides of the equation.
The elimination method involves three main steps to solve a system of linear equations. First, manipulate the equations to align the coefficients of one variable, either by multiplying one or both equations by suitable constants. Next, add or subtract the equations to eliminate that variable, simplifying the system to a single equation. Finally, solve for the remaining variable, and substitute back to find the value of the eliminated variable.
There are four steps in an algebraic elimination problem. These steps are: to find a variable with equal or opposite coefficients, if equal then subtract the equations but if opposite then add, solve one variable equation left, and then substitute known variable into other equation and solve. hi
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When you solve a one-variable equation, your goal is to isolate the variable.To isolate the variable means to make it be alone on one side of the equals sign.In the equation shown here, you can isolate the variable by subtracting 9 from both sides of the equation and simplifying
substitution