Solve {l}{3.4x=x+y/2}{4y=x+y/2}

$$\left. \begin{array} { l } { 3.4 x = \frac { x + y } { 2 } } \\ { 4 y = \frac { x + y } { 2 } } \end{array} \right.$$

Solve for x, y

$$x=0$$

$$y=0$$

Steps Using Substitution

Consider the first equation. Multiply both sides of the equation by 2.

$$6.8x=x+y$$

Subtract x from both sides.

$$6.8x-x=y$$

Combine 6.8x and -x to get 5.8x.

$$5.8x=y$$

Divide both sides of the equation by 5.8, which is the same as multiplying both sides by the reciprocal of the fraction.

$$x=\frac{5}{29}y$$

Substitute \frac{5y}{29} for x in the other equation, -x+7y=0.

$$-\frac{5}{29}y+7y=0$$

Add -\frac{5y}{29} to 7y.

$$\frac{198}{29}y=0$$

Divide both sides of the equation by \frac{198}{29}, which is the same as multiplying both sides by the reciprocal of the fraction.

$$y=0$$

Substitute 0 for y in x=\frac{5}{29}y. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.

$$x=0$$

The system is now solved.

$$x=0,y=0$$

Steps Using Matrices

Consider the first equation. Multiply both sides of the equation by 2.

$$6.8x=x+y$$

Subtract x from both sides.

$$6.8x-x=y$$

Combine 6.8x and -x to get 5.8x.

$$5.8x=y$$

Subtract y from both sides.

$$5.8x-y=0$$

Consider the second equation. Multiply both sides of the equation by 2.

$$8y=x+y$$

Subtract x from both sides.

$$8y-x=y$$

Subtract y from both sides.

$$8y-x-y=0$$

Combine 8y and -y to get 7y.

$$7y-x=0$$

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

$$5.8x-y=0,-x+7y=0$$

Write the equations in matrix form.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}5.8&-1\\-1&7\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}0\\0\end{matrix}\right)$$

Left multiply the equation by the inverse matrix of \left(\begin{matrix}5.8&-1\\-1&7\end{matrix}\right).

$$inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}5.8&-1\\-1&7\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}5.8&-1\\-1&7\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}5.8&-1\\-1&7\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}0\\0\end{matrix}\right)$$

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

$$\left(\begin{matrix}1&0\\0&1\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}5.8&-1\\-1&7\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}0\\0\end{matrix}\right)$$

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

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}5.8&-1\\-1&7\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}0\\0\end{matrix}\right)$$

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.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{7}{5.8\times 7-\left(-\left(-1\right)\right)}&-\frac{-1}{5.8\times 7-\left(-\left(-1\right)\right)}\\-\frac{-1}{5.8\times 7-\left(-\left(-1\right)\right)}&\frac{5.8}{5.8\times 7-\left(-\left(-1\right)\right)}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}0\\0\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{35}{198}&\frac{5}{198}\\\frac{5}{198}&\frac{29}{198}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}0\\0\end{matrix}\right)$$

Multiply the matrices.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}0\\0\end{matrix}\right)$$

Extract the matrix elements x and y.

$$x=0,y=0$$

Steps Using Elimination

Consider the first equation. Multiply both sides of the equation by 2.

$$6.8x=x+y$$

Subtract x from both sides.

$$6.8x-x=y$$

Combine 6.8x and -x to get 5.8x.

$$5.8x=y$$

Subtract y from both sides.

$$5.8x-y=0$$

Consider the second equation. Multiply both sides of the equation by 2.

$$8y=x+y$$

Subtract x from both sides.

$$8y-x=y$$

Subtract y from both sides.

$$8y-x-y=0$$

Combine 8y and -y to get 7y.

$$7y-x=0$$

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.

$$5.8x-y=0,-x+7y=0$$

To make \frac{29x}{5} and -x equal, multiply all terms on each side of the first equation by -1 and all terms on each side of the second by 5.8.

$$-5.8x-\left(-y\right)=0,5.8\left(-1\right)x+5.8\times 7y=0$$

Simplify.

$$-5.8x+y=0,-5.8x+40.6y=0$$

Subtract -5.8x+40.6y=0 from -5.8x+y=0 by subtracting like terms on each side of the equal sign.

$$-5.8x+5.8x+y-40.6y=0$$

Add -\frac{29x}{5} to \frac{29x}{5}. Terms -\frac{29x}{5} and \frac{29x}{5} cancel out, leaving an equation with only one variable that can be solved.

$$y-40.6y=0$$

Add y to -\frac{203y}{5}.

$$-39.6y=0$$

Divide both sides of the equation by -39.6, which is the same as multiplying both sides by the reciprocal of the fraction.

$$y=0$$

Substitute 0 for y in -x+7y=0. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.

$$-x=0$$

Divide both sides by -1.

$$x=0$$

The system is now solved.

$$x=0,y=0$$