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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.

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    4x + y = 5\\
    -2x + 3y = -13
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Answer

    \((2, -3)\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    -5x + 2y = 5\\
    x + 7y = -1
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    x - 3y = 17\\
    8x + 2y = 46
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Answer

    \((\dfrac{86}{13}, -\dfrac{45}{13})\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{4}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    6m + 5n = -9\\
    2m - 4n = 14
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{5}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    3x - 9y = 5\\
    -x + 3y = 0
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Answer

    no solution

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{6}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    y = 2x - 5\\
    8x - 75 = 5
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{7}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    x = 8\\
    9y = 5x - 76
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Answer

    \((8, -4)\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{8}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    7x - 2y = 4\\
    -14x + 4y = -8
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{9}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    y = -x - 7\\
    x = y - 5
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Answer

    \((-6, -1)\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{10}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    20x + 15y = -13\\
    5x - 20y = 13
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{11}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    x - 6y = 12\\
    4x + 6y = 18
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Answer

    \((6, -1)\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{12}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    8x + 9y = 0\\
    4x + 3y = 0
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{13}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    -5x + 2y = 1\\
    10x - 4y = -2
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Answer

    Dependent (same line)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{14}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    2x - 5y = 3\\
    5x + 2y = -7
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{15}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    6x + 5y = 14\\
    4x - 8y = 32
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Answer

    \((4, -2)\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{16}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    5x - 7y = 4\\
    10x - 14y = 1
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{17}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    2m + 10n = 0\\
    -4m - 20n = -6
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Answer

    Inconsistent (parallel lines)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{18}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    7r - 2s = 6\\
    -3r + 5s = -15
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{19}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    28a - 21b = -19\\
    21a + 7b = 15
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Answer

    \((\dfrac{2}{7}, \dfrac{9}{7})\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{20}\)

    \(\left\{\begin{array}{r}
    72x - 108y = 21\\
    18x + 36y = 25
    \end{array}\right.\)

    Applications

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{21}\)

    The sum of two numbers is 35. One number is 7 larger than the other. What are the numbers?

    Answer

    The numbers are 14 and 21.

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{22}\)

    The difference of two numbers is 48. One number is three times larger than the other. What are the numbers?

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{23}\)

    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?

    Answer

    26 pounds at 90¢;  9 pounds at 75¢

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{24}\)

    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?

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{25}\)

    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?

    Answer

    \(28 \dfrac{3}{4}\) ml of solution A

    \(17 \dfrac{3}{4}\) ml of solution B

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{26}\)

    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?

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{27}\)

    One third the sum of two numbers is 12 and half the difference is 14. What are the numbers?

    Answer

    \(x=32, y=4\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{28}\)

    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.

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{29}\)

    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?

    Answer

    a) no solution

    b) 1.6 liters (1600 ml) of the 14% solution

    2.4 liters (2400 ml) of the 24% solution.

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{30}\)

    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?


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