Finite Math Examples

Solve by Substitution 2x+5y-2z=14 , 5x-6y+2z=0 , 4x-y+3z=-7
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Step 1
Solve for in .
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Step 1.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
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Step 1.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 1.1.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 1.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 1.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 1.2.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 1.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 1.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 1.2.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 1.2.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.2.3.1.1
Divide by .
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Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.2.3.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.3.1.3.2
Divide by .
Step 2
Replace all occurrences of with in each equation.
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Step 2.1
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 2.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 2.2.1
Simplify .
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Step 2.2.1.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.2.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify.
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Multiply by .
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Multiply .
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Step 2.2.1.1.2.2.1
Multiply by .
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Combine and .
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Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.1.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.2.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.3
Simplify terms.
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Step 2.2.1.3.1
Combine and .
Step 2.2.1.3.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2.1.4
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.2.1.4.1
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 2.2.1.4.1.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
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Move to the left of .
Step 2.2.1.4.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.2.1.5
Add and .
Step 2.3
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 2.4
Simplify the left side.
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Step 2.4.1
Simplify .
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Step 2.4.1.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.4.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.4.1.1.2
Simplify.
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Step 2.4.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 2.4.1.1.2.2.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 2.4.1.1.2.2.2
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.4.1.1.2.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.4.1.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.2
Simplify by adding terms.
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Step 2.4.1.2.1
Subtract from .
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Add and .
Step 3
Solve for in .
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Step 3.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
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Step 3.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 3.1.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 3.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 3.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.2.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 3.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 3.2.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 3.2.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 3.2.3.1.1
Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
Step 3.2.3.1.2
Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
Step 4
Replace all occurrences of with in each equation.
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Step 4.1
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 4.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 4.2.1
Simplify .
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Step 4.2.1.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 4.2.1.1.1
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 4.2.1.1.1.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.1.1.2
Factor out of .
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Step 4.2.1.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.1.2
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.1.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 4.2.1.1.5
Multiply .
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Step 4.2.1.1.5.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.3
Simplify terms.
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Step 4.2.1.3.1
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.3.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.4
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 4.2.1.4.1
Factor out of .
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Step 4.2.1.4.1.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.4.4
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.1.5
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.6
Simplify terms.
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Step 4.2.1.6.1
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.6.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.7
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 4.2.1.7.1
Factor out of .
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Step 4.2.1.7.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.1.2
Factor out of .
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Subtract from .
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Step 4.2.1.7.2.1
Reorder and .
Step 4.2.1.7.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.1.7.3
Factor out of .
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Step 4.2.1.7.3.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.8
Simplify with factoring out.
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Step 4.2.1.8.1
Factor out of .
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Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.1.8.3
Factor out of .
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Simplify the expression.
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Step 4.2.1.8.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.1.8.4.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.3
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 4.4
Simplify the right side.
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Step 4.4.1
Simplify .
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Step 4.4.1.1
Find the common denominator.
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Step 4.4.1.1.1
Write as a fraction with denominator .
Step 4.4.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.1.4
Write as a fraction with denominator .
Step 4.4.1.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.3
Simplify each term.
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Step 4.4.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.3.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.4.1.3.3
Multiply .
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Step 4.4.1.3.3.1
Combine and .
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Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.3.4
Multiply .
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Step 4.4.1.3.4.1
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.3.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.3.5
Simplify each term.
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Step 4.4.1.3.5.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.3.5.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.3.6
Move to the left of .
Step 4.4.1.4
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.5
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.6
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.7
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 4.4.1.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.7.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.4.1.8
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.9
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.10
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.11
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.12
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.13
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.14
Add and .
Step 4.4.1.15
Rewrite as .
Step 4.4.1.16
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.17
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.18
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.19
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 4.4.1.20
Multiply .
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Step 4.4.1.20.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 5
Solve for in .
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Step 5.1
Set the numerator equal to zero.
Step 5.2
Solve the equation for .
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Step 5.2.1
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 5.2.1.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.2.1.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.2.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.2.1.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.1.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5.2.1.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.2.1.3.1
Divide by .
Step 5.2.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 6
Replace all occurrences of with in each equation.
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Step 6.1
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 6.2
Simplify the right side.
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Step 6.2.1
Simplify .
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Step 6.2.1.1
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.2.1.1.1
Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
Step 6.2.1.2
Simplify the expression.
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Step 6.2.1.2.1
Divide by .
Step 6.2.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.3
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 6.4
Simplify the right side.
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Step 6.4.1
Simplify .
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Step 6.4.1.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.4.1.2
Simplify the expression.
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Step 6.4.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.4.1.2.3
Divide by .
Step 7
The solution to the system is the complete set of ordered pairs that are valid solutions.
Step 8
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Point Form:
Equation Form: