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2a-b equals 17 3a plus 4b equals -13?
Elimination Method
If you can multiply one of the equations by a number and eliminate one of the variables, that is an easy to find the value of the other variable. I see -b in Eq. #1 and +4b in Eq. #2. I can multiply by Eq. #1 by 4 and add to Eq. #2 eliminate b.
Eq. #1 = 2a - b = 17
Eq. #2 = 3a + 4b = -13
4* (2a - b = 17) = 8a - 4b = 68 Now add 4* Eq. #1 to Eq. #2
..8a - 4b = 68
+.3a + 4b = -13
.11a + 0b = 55
11a = 55 divide both sides by 11
a = 5
Substituting a = 5 into Eq. #1
(2 * 5) - b = 17
10 - b = 17 subtract 10 from both sides
- b = 17 - 10
-b = 7 Divide by -1
b = -7
Check in Eq. #2, by substituting a = 5 and b = -7
3a + 4b = -13
(3 * 5) + (4 * -7) = -13
15 + -28 = -13
-13 = -13
The other way of solving simultaneous equations is Substitution.
Solve for one variable in terms of the other variable.
Eq. #1 = 2a - b = 17
Eq. #2 = 3a + 4b = -13
Solve Eq.#1 for a in terms of b.
2a - b = 17 add +b to both sides
2a = b + 17 divide (b + 17) by 2
a = (b + 17) ÷ 2
Substitute a = (b + 17) ÷ 2 into Eq.#2, and solve for b
Eq. #2 = 3a + 4b = -13
3 * [(b + 17) ÷ 2] + 4b = -13 Multiply 3 * (b + 17)
(3b + 51)÷2 + 4b = -13 Multiply both sides by 2 to eliminate the (÷2)
(3b + 51) + 8b = -26 Add (3b + 8b)
11b + 51 = -26 Add -51 to both sides
11b = -77 Divide both sides by 11
b = -7
Substitute b = -7 into Eq.#1
Eq. #1 = 2a - b = 17
2a + 7 = 17 Subtract 7 from both sides
2a = 10 Divide both sides by 2
a = 5
That Substitution sure was complicated compared to the Elimination method. I wonder if it would have been easier to solve Eq.#1 for a in terms of b. That [(b + 17) ÷ 2] was the trouble maker.
Eq. #1 = 2a - b = 17 Add b to both sides
2a = 17 + b subtract 17 from both sides
2a -17 = b reverse sides
b = 2a - 17
Substitute (b = 2a - 17) into Eq.#2, and solve for a
Eq. #2 = 3a + 4b = -13
3a + 4 * (2a - 17) = -13 Multiply 4 * (2a - 17)
3a + (8a - 68) = -13 Add 3a + 8a
11a - 68 = -13 Add +68 to both sides
11a = 55 Divide by 11
a = 5
Eq. #1 = 2a - b = 17 Substitute a = 5 into Eq.#1
2 * 5 - b = 17 Multiply 2 * 5 = 10
10 - b = 17 Add -10 to both sides
b = -7
We got the same answers as we did by using the elimination method, but the substitution was more work. Sometimes using the elimination method, you have to multiply both equations by 2 different numbers to eliminate a variable, but I still think it is easier.
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