Solve {l}{3+7x=6y}{3+27y=73x}

$$\left\{ \begin{array} { l } { 3 + 7 x = 6 y } \\ { 3 + 27 y = 73 x } \end{array} \right.$$

Solve for x, y

$$x=\frac{33}{83}\approx 0.397590361$$

$$y=\frac{80}{83}\approx 0.963855422$$

Steps Using Substitution

Consider the first equation. Subtract 6y from both sides.

$$3+7x-6y=0$$

Subtract 3 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.

$$7x-6y=-3$$

Consider the second equation. Subtract 73x from both sides.

$$3+27y-73x=0$$

Subtract 3 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.

$$27y-73x=-3$$

To solve a pair of equations using substitution, first solve one of the equations for one of the variables. Then substitute the result for that variable in the other equation.

$$7x-6y=-3,-73x+27y=-3$$

Choose one of the equations and solve it for x by isolating x on the left hand side of the equal sign.

$$7x-6y=-3$$

Add 6y to both sides of the equation.

$$7x=6y-3$$

Divide both sides by 7.

$$x=\frac{1}{7}\left(6y-3\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{7} times 6y-3.

$$x=\frac{6}{7}y-\frac{3}{7}$$

Substitute \frac{6y-3}{7} for x in the other equation, -73x+27y=-3.

$$-73\left(\frac{6}{7}y-\frac{3}{7}\right)+27y=-3$$

Multiply -73 times \frac{6y-3}{7}.

$$-\frac{438}{7}y+\frac{219}{7}+27y=-3$$

Add -\frac{438y}{7} to 27y.

$$-\frac{249}{7}y+\frac{219}{7}=-3$$

Subtract \frac{219}{7} from both sides of the equation.

$$-\frac{249}{7}y=-\frac{240}{7}$$

Divide both sides of the equation by -\frac{249}{7}, which is the same as multiplying both sides by the reciprocal of the fraction.

$$y=\frac{80}{83}$$

Substitute \frac{80}{83} for y in x=\frac{6}{7}y-\frac{3}{7}. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.

$$x=\frac{6}{7}\times \frac{80}{83}-\frac{3}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{6}{7} times \frac{80}{83} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator. Then reduce the fraction to lowest terms if possible.

$$x=\frac{480}{581}-\frac{3}{7}$$

Add -\frac{3}{7} to \frac{480}{581} by finding a common denominator and adding the numerators. Then reduce the fraction to lowest terms if possible.

$$x=\frac{33}{83}$$

The system is now solved.

$$x=\frac{33}{83},y=\frac{80}{83}$$

Steps Using Matrices

Consider the first equation. Subtract 6y from both sides.

$$3+7x-6y=0$$

Subtract 3 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.

$$7x-6y=-3$$

Consider the second equation. Subtract 73x from both sides.

$$3+27y-73x=0$$

Subtract 3 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.

$$27y-73x=-3$$

Put the equations in standard form and then use matrices to solve the system of equations.

$$7x-6y=-3,-73x+27y=-3$$

Write the equations in matrix form.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}7&-6\\-73&27\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}-3\\-3\end{matrix}\right)$$

Left multiply the equation by the inverse matrix of \left(\begin{matrix}7&-6\\-73&27\end{matrix}\right).

$$inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}7&-6\\-73&27\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}7&-6\\-73&27\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}7&-6\\-73&27\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}-3\\-3\end{matrix}\right)$$

The product of a matrix and its inverse is the identity matrix.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}1&0\\0&1\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}7&-6\\-73&27\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}-3\\-3\end{matrix}\right)$$

Multiply the matrices on the left hand side of the equal sign.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}7&-6\\-73&27\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}-3\\-3\end{matrix}\right)$$

For the 2\times 2 matrix \left(\begin{matrix}a&b\\c&d\end{matrix}\right), the inverse matrix is \left(\begin{matrix}\frac{d}{ad-bc}&\frac{-b}{ad-bc}\\\frac{-c}{ad-bc}&\frac{a}{ad-bc}\end{matrix}\right), so the matrix equation can be rewritten as a matrix multiplication problem.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{27}{7\times 27-\left(-6\left(-73\right)\right)}&-\frac{-6}{7\times 27-\left(-6\left(-73\right)\right)}\\-\frac{-73}{7\times 27-\left(-6\left(-73\right)\right)}&\frac{7}{7\times 27-\left(-6\left(-73\right)\right)}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}-3\\-3\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}-\frac{9}{83}&-\frac{2}{83}\\-\frac{73}{249}&-\frac{7}{249}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}-3\\-3\end{matrix}\right)$$

Multiply the matrices.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}-\frac{9}{83}\left(-3\right)-\frac{2}{83}\left(-3\right)\\-\frac{73}{249}\left(-3\right)-\frac{7}{249}\left(-3\right)\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{33}{83}\\\frac{80}{83}\end{matrix}\right)$$

Extract the matrix elements x and y.

$$x=\frac{33}{83},y=\frac{80}{83}$$

Steps Using Elimination

Consider the first equation. Subtract 6y from both sides.

$$3+7x-6y=0$$

Subtract 3 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.

$$7x-6y=-3$$

Consider the second equation. Subtract 73x from both sides.

$$3+27y-73x=0$$

Subtract 3 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.

$$27y-73x=-3$$

In order to solve by elimination, coefficients of one of the variables must be the same in both equations so that the variable will cancel out when one equation is subtracted from the other.

$$7x-6y=-3,-73x+27y=-3$$

To make 7x and -73x equal, multiply all terms on each side of the first equation by -73 and all terms on each side of the second by 7.

$$-73\times 7x-73\left(-6\right)y=-73\left(-3\right),7\left(-73\right)x+7\times 27y=7\left(-3\right)$$

Simplify.

$$-511x+438y=219,-511x+189y=-21$$

Subtract -511x+189y=-21 from -511x+438y=219 by subtracting like terms on each side of the equal sign.

$$-511x+511x+438y-189y=219+21$$

Add -511x to 511x. Terms -511x and 511x cancel out, leaving an equation with only one variable that can be solved.

$$438y-189y=219+21$$

Add 438y to -189y.

$$249y=219+21$$

Add 219 to 21.

$$249y=240$$

Divide both sides by 249.

$$y=\frac{80}{83}$$

Substitute \frac{80}{83} for y in -73x+27y=-3. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.

$$-73x+27\times \frac{80}{83}=-3$$

Multiply 27 times \frac{80}{83}.

$$-73x+\frac{2160}{83}=-3$$

Subtract \frac{2160}{83} from both sides of the equation.

$$-73x=-\frac{2409}{83}$$

Divide both sides by -73.

$$x=\frac{33}{83}$$

The system is now solved.

$$x=\frac{33}{83},y=\frac{80}{83}$$