System of 2 Equations: Homework Statement and Attempt Solution

[akaliuseheal]

Homework Statement

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It's a system of 2 equations.

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

My attempt is not worth writing here.
Results I got using Microsoft Mathematics without showing me step by step.

 

[member 587159]

Homework Statement

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It's a system of 2 equations.

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Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

My attempt is not worth writing here.
Results I got using Microsoft Mathematics without showing me step by step.
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Your attempt is worth it! It shows us you made effort to solve the question.

You have that $y$ must be equal to both $\frac{1}{750} + \frac{8}{x}$ and $\frac{3}{2500} + \frac{12}{x}$

Thus you need to solve for $x$: $\frac{1}{750} + \frac{8}{x} = \frac{3}{2500} + \frac{12}{x}$ and then substitute your answer for $x$ to obtain the value for $y$

 

[stevendaryl]

The most straight-forward way to solve a system of equations (although not always the most efficient way) is:

• Use the first equation to solve for one variable in terms of the rest
• In the second equation, replace that variable by its value (found in step 1). This will give you an equation involving one fewer variable.
• Now, solve for a second variable.
• Continue for as many equations as you have (which should be the same as the number of variables)

In your case, the first equation already gives you $y$ as a function of $x$. So just use that value of $y$ in the second equation, and see what you get.

 

[akaliuseheal]

Okay, so I did manage to solve it. I was stuck for some time on fractions. Thanks