Precalculus Examples

Solve by Addition/Elimination 3x+y=5 , 4.5y=c+9x
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Step 1
Move all terms containing variables to the left side of the equation.
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Step 1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 1.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 2
Reorder the polynomial.
Step 3
Move .
Step 4
Multiply each equation by the value that makes the coefficients of opposite.
Step 5
Simplify.
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Step 5.1
Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.1.1
Simplify .
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Step 5.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.1.1.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.1.1.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.1.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.1.1.3
Combine and .
Step 5.1.1.4
Combine and .
Step 5.2
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.2.1
Combine and .
Step 5.3
Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.3.1
Simplify .
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Step 5.3.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.3.1.2
Simplify.
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Step 5.3.1.2.1
Combine and .
Step 5.3.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.3.1.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.1.2.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.1.2.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.1.2.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.1.2.3
Combine and .
Step 5.3.1.2.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.3.1.2.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.1.2.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.1.2.4.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.1.2.4.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.1.2.5
Combine and .
Step 5.4
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 6
Add the two equations together to eliminate from the system.
Step 7
Simplify the equation and solve for .
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Step 7.1
Simplify .
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Step 7.1.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 7.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 7.1.3
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 7.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.1.5
Reorder and .
Step 7.1.6
Add and .
Step 7.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 7.3
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 7.4
Simplify both sides of the equation.
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Step 7.4.1
Simplify the left side.
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Step 7.4.1.1
Simplify .
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Step 7.4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 7.4.1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 7.4.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.4.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.2
Simplify the right side.
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Step 7.4.2.1
Simplify .
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Step 7.4.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.4.2.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 7.4.2.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.4.2.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.2.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 7.4.2.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.2.1.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.2.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 7.4.2.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.4.2.1.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 7.4.2.1.4.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.2.1.4.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.2.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 7.4.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 7.5
Reorder and .
Step 8
Substitute the value found for into one of the original equations, then solve for .
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Step 8.1
Substitute the value found for into one of the original equations to solve for .
Step 8.2
Simplify .
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Step 8.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 8.2.1.1
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 8.2.1.1.1
Factor out of .
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Step 8.2.1.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.2.1.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 8.2.1.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 8.2.1.1.2
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 8.2.1.1.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 8.2.1.2
Combine and .
Step 8.2.1.3
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 8.2.1.4
Multiply .
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Step 8.2.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 8.2.3
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 8.2.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 8.2.5
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 8.2.5.1
Move to the left of .
Step 8.2.5.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 8.2.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 8.3
Multiply both sides by .
Step 8.4
Simplify.
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Step 8.4.1
Simplify the left side.
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Step 8.4.1.1
Simplify .
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Step 8.4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 8.4.1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.4.1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 8.4.1.1.2
Reorder and .
Step 8.4.2
Simplify the right side.
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Step 8.4.2.1
Simplify .
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Step 8.4.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 8.4.2.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.4.2.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.4.2.1.1.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 8.4.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.5
Solve for .
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Step 8.5.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
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Step 8.5.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 8.5.1.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 8.5.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 8.5.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 8.5.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 8.5.2.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 8.5.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 8.5.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.5.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 8.5.2.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 8.5.2.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 8.5.2.3.1.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 8.5.2.3.1.2
Divide by .
Step 9
This is the final solution to the independent system of equations.