\left\{ \begin{array} { l } { 6 x - 2 y - 5 = y + 7 } \\ { 3 x + 2 y + 5 = x + 3 } \end{array} \right.
Solve for x, y
x=1
y=-2
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6x-2y-5-y=7
Consider the first equation. Subtract y from both sides.
6x-3y-5=7
Combine -2y and -y to get -3y.
6x-3y=7+5
Add 5 to both sides.
6x-3y=12
Add 7 and 5 to get 12.
3x+2y+5-x=3
Consider the second equation. Subtract x from both sides.
2x+2y+5=3
Combine 3x and -x to get 2x.
2x+2y=3-5
Subtract 5 from both sides.
2x+2y=-2
Subtract 5 from 3 to get -2.
6x-3y=12,2x+2y=-2
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.
6x-3y=12
Choose one of the equations and solve it for x by isolating x on the left hand side of the equal sign.
6x=3y+12
Add 3y to both sides of the equation.
x=\frac{1}{6}\left(3y+12\right)
Divide both sides by 6.
x=\frac{1}{2}y+2
Multiply \frac{1}{6} times 12+3y.
2\left(\frac{1}{2}y+2\right)+2y=-2
Substitute \frac{y}{2}+2 for x in the other equation, 2x+2y=-2.
y+4+2y=-2
Multiply 2 times \frac{y}{2}+2.
3y+4=-2
Add y to 2y.
3y=-6
Subtract 4 from both sides of the equation.
y=-2
Divide both sides by 3.
x=\frac{1}{2}\left(-2\right)+2
Substitute -2 for y in x=\frac{1}{2}y+2. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.
x=-1+2
Multiply \frac{1}{2} times -2.
x=1
Add 2 to -1.
x=1,y=-2
The system is now solved.
6x-2y-5-y=7
Consider the first equation. Subtract y from both sides.
6x-3y-5=7
Combine -2y and -y to get -3y.
6x-3y=7+5
Add 5 to both sides.
6x-3y=12
Add 7 and 5 to get 12.
3x+2y+5-x=3
Consider the second equation. Subtract x from both sides.
2x+2y+5=3
Combine 3x and -x to get 2x.
2x+2y=3-5
Subtract 5 from both sides.
2x+2y=-2
Subtract 5 from 3 to get -2.
6x-3y=12,2x+2y=-2
Put the equations in standard form and then use matrices to solve the system of equations.
\left(\begin{matrix}6&-3\\2&2\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}12\\-2\end{matrix}\right)
Write the equations in matrix form.
inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}6&-3\\2&2\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}6&-3\\2&2\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}6&-3\\2&2\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}12\\-2\end{matrix}\right)
Left multiply the equation by the inverse matrix of \left(\begin{matrix}6&-3\\2&2\end{matrix}\right).
\left(\begin{matrix}1&0\\0&1\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}6&-3\\2&2\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}12\\-2\end{matrix}\right)
The product of a matrix and its inverse is the identity matrix.
\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}6&-3\\2&2\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}12\\-2\end{matrix}\right)
Multiply the matrices on the left hand side of the equal sign.
\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{2}{6\times 2-\left(-3\times 2\right)}&-\frac{-3}{6\times 2-\left(-3\times 2\right)}\\-\frac{2}{6\times 2-\left(-3\times 2\right)}&\frac{6}{6\times 2-\left(-3\times 2\right)}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}12\\-2\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{1}{9}&\frac{1}{6}\\-\frac{1}{9}&\frac{1}{3}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}12\\-2\end{matrix}\right)
Do the arithmetic.
\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{1}{9}\times 12+\frac{1}{6}\left(-2\right)\\-\frac{1}{9}\times 12+\frac{1}{3}\left(-2\right)\end{matrix}\right)
Multiply the matrices.
\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}1\\-2\end{matrix}\right)
Do the arithmetic.
x=1,y=-2
Extract the matrix elements x and y.
6x-2y-5-y=7
Consider the first equation. Subtract y from both sides.
6x-3y-5=7
Combine -2y and -y to get -3y.
6x-3y=7+5
Add 5 to both sides.
6x-3y=12
Add 7 and 5 to get 12.
3x+2y+5-x=3
Consider the second equation. Subtract x from both sides.
2x+2y+5=3
Combine 3x and -x to get 2x.
2x+2y=3-5
Subtract 5 from both sides.
2x+2y=-2
Subtract 5 from 3 to get -2.
6x-3y=12,2x+2y=-2
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.
2\times 6x+2\left(-3\right)y=2\times 12,6\times 2x+6\times 2y=6\left(-2\right)
To make 6x and 2x equal, multiply all terms on each side of the first equation by 2 and all terms on each side of the second by 6.
12x-6y=24,12x+12y=-12
Simplify.
12x-12x-6y-12y=24+12
Subtract 12x+12y=-12 from 12x-6y=24 by subtracting like terms on each side of the equal sign.
-6y-12y=24+12
Add 12x to -12x. Terms 12x and -12x cancel out, leaving an equation with only one variable that can be solved.
-18y=24+12
Add -6y to -12y.
-18y=36
Add 24 to 12.
y=-2
Divide both sides by -18.
2x+2\left(-2\right)=-2
Substitute -2 for y in 2x+2y=-2. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.
2x-4=-2
Multiply 2 times -2.
2x=2
Add 4 to both sides of the equation.
x=1
Divide both sides by 2.
x=1,y=-2
The system is now solved.
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