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System of Equations
 System of Equations
Collection of two or more equations with the same set of
unknown variables.
  Example:
Find the variable x from the equation

Find the variable x and y from the equation

Tools used to solve the system of equations:

• Matrices
• Computer algorithms
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In SAT, we use two methods to solve the equations:

• Substitution
• Elimination
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Substitution: It is a method used to solve the linear system of
equations that are having one or more variables.
For example, if you have the system of two equations with
two unknowns, then you can find the solution by using the
below steps.

Step 1: Simplify the equation by expanding the parenthesis

and fractions.
 
Step 2: Solve any one of the equations for either variable.
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Step 3: Substitute the equation obtained in Step (2) in the other
equation. This results in a single equation with one
unknown.
 
Step 4: Solve the equation obtained in Step 3 by using
elementary arithmetic operations.
 
Step 5: Substitute back the value obtained in Step 4 into the
equation obtained in Step 2.
 
Step 6: Simplify and obtain the value of the other unknown.
 Example
Solve the following system of equations by substitution method
 
 

Solution: From equation (1)

 

Now substitute the ‘x’ value in equation (2)

 Example

Substitute ‘y’ value in equation (1)

Therefore,
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Elimination: It is the process of eliminating one of the

variables in a system of equations using addition or
subtraction in conjunction with multiplication or division
and solving the system of equations.
 Example
 
Solve the following system of equations by elimination method

Solution:  Multiply equation (1) with 2 on both sides

Now add equation (2) and (3)

 Example

 
Substitute the ‘x’ value in equation (1)
 Word Problems

• Set up an equation with:

• Words
• Numbers

• Plugin numbers in place of words wherever

possible
 Word Problems

Translating Words to Algebraic Expression:

• Look for keywords in the problem
• Increase  addition and less  subtraction
• “2 times”  multiplying a number or variable by 2
• “is”  equality in the equation
• If the question mentions finding “a number” without
specifying the value of the number, assign a variable
for that number and then solve the equation
Common Phrases and Their Translation
Operations Keywords Sample Phrases Algebraic
Expressions
Addition  Plus  Three plus a member  
 Sum  The sum of a number and 3  
 Add to  Three added to a number
 more than  Three more than a number
 Increased by  A number increased by 3
Subtraction
Subtraction  Difference
Difference  The
The difference
difference of
of aa number
number andand three
three  
 Minus
Minus  A
A number
number minus
minus 3 3  
 Subtracted
Subtracted  Three
Three subtracted
subtracted from
from aa number
number  
 Less
Less than
than  Three less than a number
Three less than a number  
 Decreased
Decreased byby  A
A number
number decreased
decreased by by three
three
 Reduced
Reduced byby  A
A number
number reduced
reduced by by three
three
 Deducted
Deducted from
from  Three
Three deducted
deducted from
from aa number
number
Multiplication  of  30% of 50 is 15
Multiplication  multiply
of  multiplying
30% of 50 is315
by a number
 times
multiply  four times a number
multiplying 3 by a number
 twice
times  twice a number
four times a number
 product
twice of  the product
twice a numberof a number and three
 multiplied
product of by  a number
the product multiplied
of a numberby five
and three
 multiplied by  a number multiplied by five
Division  divided by  a number divided by 3
 quotient of  the quotient of a number and 3
Division  divided by  a number divided by 3
Equal  Equal
quotient of  Three multiplied
the quotient of a by a number
number and 3equals 4
Equal  Equal
is  Three
Half ofmultiplied
20 is 10 by a number equals 4
 is equal to  The sum of 5 and 4 is equal to 9
 is  Half of 20 is 10
 is equal to  The sum of 5 and 4 is equal to 9
 Example
 
Translate each of the following into algebraic expression
1. Three more than four times a number:
2. Five times the sum of a number and two:
3. Eleven subtracted from the product of two and a number:
4. The quotient of two less than a number and twice the
number:
5. The sum of a number and its reciprocal is equal to three:
6. Six times the difference of a number and two is equal to
twice the number:
Translate each of the following into algebraic expression
 
7. The product of a number and five is increased by the
number:
8. Eight less than five times a number divided by twice the
number:
9. The product of two numbers, if one number is three less
than twice the other number:
10. If nine times a number is reduced by five, the result is
three less than the number:
11. The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 51:
Translate each of the following into algebraic expression
 
12. The sum of three consecutive even integers is 36:
13. The product of the sum and difference of two
numbers is equal to 15:

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