11.7: Exercise Supplement
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Exercise Supplement
Solutions by Graphing - Elimination by Addition
For the following problems, solve the systems of equations.
{4x+y=5−2x+3y=−13
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(2,−3)
{−5x+2y=5x+7y=−1
{x−3y=178x+2y=46
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(8613,−4513)
{6m+5n=−92m−4n=14
{3x−9y=5−x+3y=0
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no solution
{y=2x−58x−75=5
{x=89y=5x−76
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(8,−4)
{7x−2y=4−14x+4y=−8
{y=−x−7x=y−5
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(−6,−1)
{20x+15y=−135x−20y=13
{x−6y=124x+6y=18
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(6,−1)
{8x+9y=04x+3y=0
{−5x+2y=110x−4y=−2
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Dependent (same line)
{2x−5y=35x+2y=−7
{6x+5y=144x−8y=32
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(4,−2)
{5x−7y=410x−14y=1
{2m+10n=0−4m−20n=−6
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Inconsistent (parallel lines)
{7r−2s=6−3r+5s=−15
{28a−21b=−1921a+7b=15
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(27,97)
{72x−108y=2118x+36y=25
Applications
The sum of two numbers is 35. One number is 7 larger than the other. What are the numbers?
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The numbers are 14 and 21.
The difference of two numbers is 48. One number is three times larger than the other. What are the numbers?
A 35 pound mixture of two types of cardboard sells for $30.15. Type I cardboard sells for 90¢ a pound and type II cardboard sells for 75¢ a pound. How many pounds of each type of cardboard were used?
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26 pounds at 90¢; 9 pounds at 75¢
The cost of 34 calculators of two different types is $1139. Type I calculator sells for $35 each and type II sells for $32 each. How many of each type of calculators were used?
A chemistry student needs 46 ml of a 15% salt solution. She has two salt solutions, A and B, to mix together to form the needed 46 ml solution. Salt solution A is 12% salt and salt solution B is 20% salt. How much of each solution should be used?
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2834 ml of solution A
1734 ml of solution B
A chemist needs 100 ml of a 78% acid solution. He has two acid solutions to mix together to form the needed 100-ml solution. One solution is 50% acid and the other solution is 90% acid. How much of each solution should be used?
One third the sum of two numbers is 12 and half the difference is 14. What are the numbers?
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x=32,y=4
Two angles are said to be complementary if their measures add to 90°. If one angle measures 8 more than four times the measure of its complement, find the measure of each of the angles.
A chemist needs 4 liters of a 20% acid solution. She has two solutions to mix together to form the 20% solution. One solution is 30% acid and the other solution is 24% acid. Can the chemist form the needed 20% acid solution? If the chemist locates a 14% acid solution, how much would have to be mixed with the 24% acid solution to obtain the needed 20% solution?
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a) no solution
b) 1.6 liters (1600 ml) of the 14% solution
2.4 liters (2400 ml) of the 24% solution.
A chemist needs 80 ml of a 56% salt solution. She has a bottle of 60% salt solution. How much pure water and how much of the 60% salt solution should be mixed to dilute the 60% salt solution to a 56% salt solution?