Solve {l}{10x+3y=174}{3x+10y=125}

$$\left. \begin{array} { l } { 10 x + 3 y = 174 } \\ { 3 x + 10 y = 125 } \end{array} \right.$$

Solve for x, y

$$x=15$$

$$y=8$$

Steps Using Substitution

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.

$$10x+3y=174,3x+10y=125$$

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

$$10x+3y=174$$

Subtract 3y from both sides of the equation.

$$10x=-3y+174$$

Divide both sides by 10.

$$x=\frac{1}{10}\left(-3y+174\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{10} times -3y+174.

$$x=-\frac{3}{10}y+\frac{87}{5}$$

Substitute -\frac{3y}{10}+\frac{87}{5} for x in the other equation, 3x+10y=125.

$$3\left(-\frac{3}{10}y+\frac{87}{5}\right)+10y=125$$

Multiply 3 times -\frac{3y}{10}+\frac{87}{5}.

$$-\frac{9}{10}y+\frac{261}{5}+10y=125$$

Add -\frac{9y}{10} to 10y.

$$\frac{91}{10}y+\frac{261}{5}=125$$

Subtract \frac{261}{5} from both sides of the equation.

$$\frac{91}{10}y=\frac{364}{5}$$

Divide both sides of the equation by \frac{91}{10}, which is the same as multiplying both sides by the reciprocal of the fraction.

$$y=8$$

Substitute 8 for y in x=-\frac{3}{10}y+\frac{87}{5}. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.

$$x=-\frac{3}{10}\times 8+\frac{87}{5}$$

Multiply -\frac{3}{10} times 8.

$$x=\frac{-12+87}{5}$$

Add \frac{87}{5} to -\frac{12}{5} by finding a common denominator and adding the numerators. Then reduce the fraction to lowest terms if possible.

$$x=15$$

The system is now solved.

$$x=15,y=8$$

Steps Using Matrices

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

$$10x+3y=174,3x+10y=125$$

Write the equations in matrix form.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}10&3\\3&10\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}174\\125\end{matrix}\right)$$

Left multiply the equation by the inverse matrix of \left(\begin{matrix}10&3\\3&10\end{matrix}\right).

$$inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}10&3\\3&10\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}10&3\\3&10\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}10&3\\3&10\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}174\\125\end{matrix}\right)$$

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

$$\left(\begin{matrix}1&0\\0&1\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}10&3\\3&10\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}174\\125\end{matrix}\right)$$

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

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}10&3\\3&10\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}174\\125\end{matrix}\right)$$

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.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{10}{10\times 10-3\times 3}&-\frac{3}{10\times 10-3\times 3}\\-\frac{3}{10\times 10-3\times 3}&\frac{10}{10\times 10-3\times 3}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}174\\125\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{10}{91}&-\frac{3}{91}\\-\frac{3}{91}&\frac{10}{91}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}174\\125\end{matrix}\right)$$

Multiply the matrices.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{10}{91}\times 174-\frac{3}{91}\times 125\\-\frac{3}{91}\times 174+\frac{10}{91}\times 125\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}15\\8\end{matrix}\right)$$

Extract the matrix elements x and y.

$$x=15,y=8$$

Steps Using Elimination

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.

$$10x+3y=174,3x+10y=125$$

To make 10x and 3x equal, multiply all terms on each side of the first equation by 3 and all terms on each side of the second by 10.

$$3\times 10x+3\times 3y=3\times 174,10\times 3x+10\times 10y=10\times 125$$

Simplify.

$$30x+9y=522,30x+100y=1250$$

Subtract 30x+100y=1250 from 30x+9y=522 by subtracting like terms on each side of the equal sign.

$$30x-30x+9y-100y=522-1250$$

Add 30x to -30x. Terms 30x and -30x cancel out, leaving an equation with only one variable that can be solved.

$$9y-100y=522-1250$$

Add 9y to -100y.

$$-91y=522-1250$$

Add 522 to -1250.

$$-91y=-728$$

Divide both sides by -91.

$$y=8$$

Substitute 8 for y in 3x+10y=125. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.

$$3x+10\times 8=125$$

Multiply 10 times 8.

$$3x+80=125$$

Subtract 80 from both sides of the equation.

$$3x=45$$

Divide both sides by 3.

$$x=15$$

The system is now solved.

$$x=15,y=8$$