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I'm doing a practice paper and one of the questions is
Solve
6x - 5y = 110
7x + 10y = 30
Can someone give me the answer AND explain how they got it because I never understand these question and YouTube isn't helping.
Original post by yourstruly101
I'm doing a practice paper and one of the questions is
Solve
6x - 5y = 110
7x 10y = 30
Can someone give me the answer AND explain how they got it because I never understand these question and YouTube isn't helping.


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(edited 3 years ago)
Original post by GabiAbi84
First :Put the first equation into terms of y.

Oh god, this just shows how bad I am at maths : (
Original post by GabiAbi84
First :Put the first equation into terms of y.

why? it's simultaneous equations :confused:
Original post by yourstruly101
Oh god, this just shows how bad I am at maths : (

so you have these
6x - 5y = 110
7x + 10y = 30

now I would multiply all of 6x - 5y = 110 by 2 then add the two equations together, the y's should cancel out and you can solve for x
then use your value for x and substitute it in to one of the equations to find y :smile:
X=13.12
Original post by laurawatt
why? it's simultaneous equations :confused:

so you have these
6x - 5y = 110
7x + 10y = 30

now I would multiply all of 6x - 5y = 110 by 2 then add the two equations together, the y's should cancel out and you can solve for x
then use your value for x and substitute it in to one of the equations to find y :smile:

So, I should time 110 x 2?
Yeah, this helps! Thank you :smile:
How did you get 19x = 250
Oh, okay that makes sense thanks
I'm asking too many questions sorry but when you said divide both sides by 19 to x would that be 0.38
ohhh okay thanks
Original post by laurawatt
why? it's simultaneous equations :confused:

Substitution is a method of solving simultaneous equations, just maybe not the best method for this particular set of equations.
So I've done it and I've looked at the mark scheme to correct my work and the answer is
x= 10
y = 10
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Original post by yourstruly101
So I've done it and I've looked at the mark scheme to correct my work and the answer is
x= 10
y = 10

Those values don't satisfy the equations you posted originally!

Can you upload a picture of the question?
Original post by davros
Those values don't satisfy the equations you posted originally!

Can you upload a picture of the question?

I used the site onmaths

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