How do you solve the system of equations #x+ y = 55# and #40x + 20y = 1500#?
1 Answer
Nov 30, 2016
Explanation:
First, simplify the
Since
Because this is a system of equations, both equations are true for the values of x and y, so we can substitute
Simplify and solve for x.
Now that we know the x-value, it can be plugged into either one of the equations to get the y-value. Here, I used