Solve 4x+3y=25text{AND}y=-5x+1

$$4 x + 3 y = 25 \text { AND } y = - 5 x + 1$$

Solve for x, y

$$x=-2$$

$$y=11$$

Steps Using Substitution

Consider the second equation. Add 5x to both sides.

$$y+5x=1$$

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.

$$4x+3y=25,5x+y=1$$

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

$$4x+3y=25$$

Subtract 3y from both sides of the equation.

$$4x=-3y+25$$

Divide both sides by 4.

$$x=\frac{1}{4}\left(-3y+25\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times -3y+25.

$$x=-\frac{3}{4}y+\frac{25}{4}$$

Substitute \frac{-3y+25}{4} for x in the other equation, 5x+y=1.

$$5\left(-\frac{3}{4}y+\frac{25}{4}\right)+y=1$$

Multiply 5 times \frac{-3y+25}{4}.

$$-\frac{15}{4}y+\frac{125}{4}+y=1$$

Add -\frac{15y}{4} to y.

$$-\frac{11}{4}y+\frac{125}{4}=1$$

Subtract \frac{125}{4} from both sides of the equation.

$$-\frac{11}{4}y=-\frac{121}{4}$$

Divide both sides of the equation by -\frac{11}{4}, which is the same as multiplying both sides by the reciprocal of the fraction.

$$y=11$$

Substitute 11 for y in x=-\frac{3}{4}y+\frac{25}{4}. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.

$$x=-\frac{3}{4}\times 11+\frac{25}{4}$$

Multiply -\frac{3}{4} times 11.

$$x=\frac{-33+25}{4}$$

Add \frac{25}{4} to -\frac{33}{4} by finding a common denominator and adding the numerators. Then reduce the fraction to lowest terms if possible.

$$x=-2$$

The system is now solved.

$$x=-2,y=11$$

Steps Using Matrices

Consider the second equation. Add 5x to both sides.

$$y+5x=1$$

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

$$4x+3y=25,5x+y=1$$

Write the equations in matrix form.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}4&3\\5&1\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}25\\1\end{matrix}\right)$$

Left multiply the equation by the inverse matrix of \left(\begin{matrix}4&3\\5&1\end{matrix}\right).

$$inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}4&3\\5&1\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}4&3\\5&1\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}4&3\\5&1\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}25\\1\end{matrix}\right)$$

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

$$\left(\begin{matrix}1&0\\0&1\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}4&3\\5&1\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}25\\1\end{matrix}\right)$$

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

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=inverse(\left(\begin{matrix}4&3\\5&1\end{matrix}\right))\left(\begin{matrix}25\\1\end{matrix}\right)$$

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.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}\frac{1}{4-3\times 5}&-\frac{3}{4-3\times 5}\\-\frac{5}{4-3\times 5}&\frac{4}{4-3\times 5}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}25\\1\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}-\frac{1}{11}&\frac{3}{11}\\\frac{5}{11}&-\frac{4}{11}\end{matrix}\right)\left(\begin{matrix}25\\1\end{matrix}\right)$$

Multiply the matrices.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}-\frac{1}{11}\times 25+\frac{3}{11}\\\frac{5}{11}\times 25-\frac{4}{11}\end{matrix}\right)$$

Do the arithmetic.

$$\left(\begin{matrix}x\\y\end{matrix}\right)=\left(\begin{matrix}-2\\11\end{matrix}\right)$$

Extract the matrix elements x and y.

$$x=-2,y=11$$

Steps Using Elimination

Consider the second equation. Add 5x to both sides.

$$y+5x=1$$

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.

$$4x+3y=25,5x+y=1$$

To make 4x and 5x equal, multiply all terms on each side of the first equation by 5 and all terms on each side of the second by 4.

$$5\times 4x+5\times 3y=5\times 25,4\times 5x+4y=4$$

Simplify.

$$20x+15y=125,20x+4y=4$$

Subtract 20x+4y=4 from 20x+15y=125 by subtracting like terms on each side of the equal sign.

$$20x-20x+15y-4y=125-4$$

Add 20x to -20x. Terms 20x and -20x cancel out, leaving an equation with only one variable that can be solved.

$$15y-4y=125-4$$

Add 15y to -4y.

$$11y=125-4$$

Add 125 to -4.

$$11y=121$$

Divide both sides by 11.

$$y=11$$

Substitute 11 for y in 5x+y=1. Because the resulting equation contains only one variable, you can solve for x directly.

$$5x+11=1$$

Subtract 11 from both sides of the equation.

$$5x=-10$$

Divide both sides by 5.

$$x=-2$$

The system is now solved.

$$x=-2,y=11$$