Solve {l}{20x+3y=20}{-20x+5y=60}

$$\left. \begin{array} { l } { 20 x + 3 y = 20 } \\ { - 20 x + 5 y = 60 } \end{array} \right.$$

Solve for x, y

$$x=-\frac{1}{2}=-0.5$$

$$y=10$$

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.

$$20x+3y=20,-20x+5y=60$$

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

$$20x+3y=20$$

Subtract 3y from both sides of the equation.

$$20x=-3y+20$$

Divide both sides by 20.

$$x=\frac{1}{20}\left(-3y+20\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{20} times -3y+20.

$$x=-\frac{3}{20}y+1$$

Substitute -\frac{3y}{20}+1 for x in the other equation, -20x+5y=60.

$$-20\left(-\frac{3}{20}y+1\right)+5y=60$$

Multiply -20 times -\frac{3y}{20}+1.

$$3y-20+5y=60$$

Add 3y to 5y.

$$8y-20=60$$

Add 20 to both sides of the equation.

$$8y=80$$

Divide both sides by 8.

$$y=10$$

Substitute 10 for y in x=-\frac{3}{20}y+1. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.

$$x=-\frac{3}{20}\times 10+1$$

Multiply -\frac{3}{20} times 10.

$$x=-\frac{3}{2}+1$$

Add 1 to -\frac{3}{2}.

$$x=-\frac{1}{2}$$

The system is now solved.

$$x=-\frac{1}{2},y=10$$

Steps Using Matrices

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

$$20x+3y=20,-20x+5y=60$$

Write the equations in matrix form.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}20&3\\-20&5\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}20\\60\end{matrix}\right)$$

Left multiply the equation by the inverse matrix of \left(\begin{matrix}20&3\\-20&5\end{matrix}\right).

$$inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}20&3\\-20&5\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}20&3\\-20&5\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}20&3\\-20&5\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}20\\60\end{matrix}\right)$$

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

$$\left(\begin{matrix}1&0\\0&1\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}20&3\\-20&5\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}20\\60\end{matrix}\right)$$

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

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}20&3\\-20&5\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}20\\60\end{matrix}\right)$$

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.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{5}{20\times 5-3\left(-20\right)}&-\frac{3}{20\times 5-3\left(-20\right)}\\-\frac{-20}{20\times 5-3\left(-20\right)}&\frac{20}{20\times 5-3\left(-20\right)}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}20\\60\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{1}{32}&-\frac{3}{160}\\\frac{1}{8}&\frac{1}{8}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}20\\60\end{matrix}\right)$$

Multiply the matrices.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{1}{32}\times 20-\frac{3}{160}\times 60\\\frac{1}{8}\times 20+\frac{1}{8}\times 60\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}-\frac{1}{2}\\10\end{matrix}\right)$$

Extract the matrix elements x and y.

$$x=-\frac{1}{2},y=10$$

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.

$$20x+3y=20,-20x+5y=60$$

To make 20x and -20x equal, multiply all terms on each side of the first equation by -20 and all terms on each side of the second by 20.

$$-20\times 20x-20\times 3y=-20\times 20,20\left(-20\right)x+20\times 5y=20\times 60$$

Simplify.

$$-400x-60y=-400,-400x+100y=1200$$

Subtract -400x+100y=1200 from -400x-60y=-400 by subtracting like terms on each side of the equal sign.

$$-400x+400x-60y-100y=-400-1200$$

Add -400x to 400x. Terms -400x and 400x cancel out, leaving an equation with only one variable that can be solved.

$$-60y-100y=-400-1200$$

Add -60y to -100y.

$$-160y=-400-1200$$

Add -400 to -1200.

$$-160y=-1600$$

Divide both sides by -160.

$$y=10$$

Substitute 10 for y in -20x+5y=60. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.

$$-20x+5\times 10=60$$

Multiply 5 times 10.

$$-20x+50=60$$

Subtract 50 from both sides of the equation.

$$-20x=10$$

Divide both sides by -20.

$$x=-\frac{1}{2}$$

The system is now solved.

$$x=-\frac{1}{2},y=10$$