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Solve the Simultaneous equations : x+y=5; x-y=1​

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Answer:

x=3 and y=2

Explanation:

These equations line up quite nicely, so let's use the elimination method.

x+y=5

+ x-y=1

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2x=6.

Now that we added the two equations together, we only have x as a variable to solve. We now divide 2 from both sides

x=3.

Now we take our 3 and substitute it into one of the equations. I want to put it in the first one.

3+y=5.

We subtract 3 from both sides to get y=2.

We end up with the answers x=3 and y=2. If you plug them in to check, they make sense. 3+2=5 and 3-2=1. This answer is proven to be correct.

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