Solve {l}{2*(u-v/2)+3=u-v/2}{u+3v/2=2-u/2}

$$\left. \begin{array}{l}{ 2 \cdot ( u - \frac { v } { 2 } ) + 3 = \frac { u - v } { 2 } }\\{ \frac { u + 3 v } { 2 } = 2 - \frac { u } { 2 } }\end{array} \right.$$

Solve for u, v

$$u = -\frac{14}{11} = -1\frac{3}{11} \approx -1.272727273$$

$$v = \frac{24}{11} = 2\frac{2}{11} \approx 2.181818182$$

Steps Using Substitution

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

$$4\left(u-\frac{v}{2}\right)+6=u-v$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 4 by u-\frac{v}{2}.

$$4u+4\left(-\frac{v}{2}\right)+6=u-v$$

Cancel out 2, the greatest common factor in 4 and 2.

$$4u-2v+6=u-v$$

Subtract u from both sides.

$$4u-2v+6-u=-v$$

Combine 4u and -u to get 3u.

$$3u-2v+6=-v$$

Add v to both sides.

$$3u-2v+6+v=0$$

Combine -2v and v to get -v.

$$3u-v+6=0$$

Subtract 6 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.

$$3u-v=-6$$

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

$$u+3v=4-u$$

Add u to both sides.

$$u+3v+u=4$$

Combine u and u to get 2u.

$$2u+3v=4$$

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.

$$3u-v=-6,2u+3v=4$$

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

$$3u-v=-6$$

Add v to both sides of the equation.

$$3u=v-6$$

Divide both sides by 3.

$$u=\frac{1}{3}\left(v-6\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times v-6.

$$u=\frac{1}{3}v-2$$

Substitute \frac{v}{3}-2 for u in the other equation, 2u+3v=4.

$$2\left(\frac{1}{3}v-2\right)+3v=4$$

Multiply 2 times \frac{v}{3}-2.

$$\frac{2}{3}v-4+3v=4$$

Add \frac{2v}{3} to 3v.

$$\frac{11}{3}v-4=4$$

Add 4 to both sides of the equation.

$$\frac{11}{3}v=8$$

Divide both sides of the equation by \frac{11}{3}, which is the same as multiplying both sides by the reciprocal of the fraction.

$$v=\frac{24}{11}$$

Substitute \frac{24}{11} for v in u=\frac{1}{3}v-2. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for u directly.

$$u=\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{24}{11}-2$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{24}{11} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator. Then reduce the fraction to lowest terms if possible.

$$u=\frac{8}{11}-2$$

Add -2 to \frac{8}{11}.

$$u=-\frac{14}{11}$$

The system is now solved.

$$u=-\frac{14}{11},v=\frac{24}{11}$$

Steps Using Matrices

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

$$4\left(u-\frac{v}{2}\right)+6=u-v$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 4 by u-\frac{v}{2}.

$$4u+4\left(-\frac{v}{2}\right)+6=u-v$$

Cancel out 2, the greatest common factor in 4 and 2.

$$4u-2v+6=u-v$$

Subtract u from both sides.

$$4u-2v+6-u=-v$$

Combine 4u and -u to get 3u.

$$3u-2v+6=-v$$

Add v to both sides.

$$3u-2v+6+v=0$$

Combine -2v and v to get -v.

$$3u-v+6=0$$

Subtract 6 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.

$$3u-v=-6$$

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

$$u+3v=4-u$$

Add u to both sides.

$$u+3v+u=4$$

Combine u and u to get 2u.

$$2u+3v=4$$

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

$$3u-v=-6,2u+3v=4$$

Write the equations in matrix form.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}3&-1\\2&3\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}u\\v\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}-6\\4\end{matrix}\right)$$

Left multiply the equation by the inverse matrix of \left(\begin{matrix}3&-1\\2&3\end{matrix}\right).

$$inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}3&-1\\2&3\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}3&-1\\2&3\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}u\\v\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}3&-1\\2&3\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}-6\\4\end{matrix}\right)$$

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

$$\left(\begin{matrix}1&0\\0&1\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}u\\v\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}3&-1\\2&3\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}-6\\4\end{matrix}\right)$$

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

$$\left(\begin{matrix}u\\v\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}3&-1\\2&3\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}-6\\4\end{matrix}\right)$$

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.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}u\\v\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{3}{3\times 3-\left(-2\right)}&-\frac{-1}{3\times 3-\left(-2\right)}\\-\frac{2}{3\times 3-\left(-2\right)}&\frac{3}{3\times 3-\left(-2\right)}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}-6\\4\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}u\\v\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{3}{11}&\frac{1}{11}\\-\frac{2}{11}&\frac{3}{11}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}-6\\4\end{matrix}\right)$$

Multiply the matrices.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}u\\v\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{3}{11}\left(-6\right)+\frac{1}{11}\times 4\\-\frac{2}{11}\left(-6\right)+\frac{3}{11}\times 4\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}u\\v\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}-\frac{14}{11}\\\frac{24}{11}\end{matrix}\right)$$

Extract the matrix elements u and v.

$$u=-\frac{14}{11},v=\frac{24}{11}$$

Steps Using Elimination

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

$$4\left(u-\frac{v}{2}\right)+6=u-v$$

Use the distributive property to multiply 4 by u-\frac{v}{2}.

$$4u+4\left(-\frac{v}{2}\right)+6=u-v$$

Cancel out 2, the greatest common factor in 4 and 2.

$$4u-2v+6=u-v$$

Subtract u from both sides.

$$4u-2v+6-u=-v$$

Combine 4u and -u to get 3u.

$$3u-2v+6=-v$$

Add v to both sides.

$$3u-2v+6+v=0$$

Combine -2v and v to get -v.

$$3u-v+6=0$$

Subtract 6 from both sides. Anything subtracted from zero gives its negation.

$$3u-v=-6$$

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

$$u+3v=4-u$$

Add u to both sides.

$$u+3v+u=4$$

Combine u and u to get 2u.

$$2u+3v=4$$

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.

$$3u-v=-6,2u+3v=4$$

To make 3u and 2u equal, multiply all terms on each side of the first equation by 2 and all terms on each side of the second by 3.

$$2\times 3u+2\left(-1\right)v=2\left(-6\right),3\times 2u+3\times 3v=3\times 4$$

Simplify.

$$6u-2v=-12,6u+9v=12$$

Subtract 6u+9v=12 from 6u-2v=-12 by subtracting like terms on each side of the equal sign.

$$6u-6u-2v-9v=-12-12$$

Add 6u to -6u. Terms 6u and -6u cancel out, leaving an equation with only one variable that can be solved.

$$-2v-9v=-12-12$$

Add -2v to -9v.

$$-11v=-12-12$$

Add -12 to -12.

$$-11v=-24$$

Divide both sides by -11.

$$v=\frac{24}{11}$$

Substitute \frac{24}{11} for v in 2u+3v=4. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for u directly.

$$2u+3\times \frac{24}{11}=4$$

Multiply 3 times \frac{24}{11}.

$$2u+\frac{72}{11}=4$$

Subtract \frac{72}{11} from both sides of the equation.

$$2u=-\frac{28}{11}$$

Divide both sides by 2.

$$u=-\frac{14}{11}$$

The system is now solved.

$$u=-\frac{14}{11},v=\frac{24}{11}$$