NAME FAIZA ANJUM

ROLL NO 781 FSS/BSPSY/F16

TEACHER MA'AM ZULAIN
COURSE MATHEMATICS
DEPARMENT PSYCHOLOGY
FACULTY SOCIAL SCIENCE
DATE 13 APRIL 2017
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD
LINEAR EQUATION
SUBTITUTION METHOD
. A linear equation is an algebraic equation in which
each term is either a constant or the product of a constant
and a single variable (however, different variables may
occur in different terms). A linear equation is
an equation for a straight line having highest power 1.
A simple example of a linear equation with only one
variable, x, may be written in the form: ax + b = 0,
where a and b are constants and a 0.
The substitution method is most useful for systems of 2 equations
in 2 unknowns. The main idea here is that we solve one of the
equations for one of the unknowns, and then substitute the result
into the other equation.
Substitution method can be applied in four steps
Step 1:
Solve one of the equations for either x = or y = .
Step 2:
Substitute the solution from step 1 into the other equation.
Step 3:
Solve this new equation.
jStep4:
Solve for the second variable.

Example 1: Solve the following system by substitution

2x+3y=5
X+y=5

Solution:
Step 1: Solve one of the equations for either x = or y = . We will
solve second equation for y.

x+y=5
y=5-x
Step 2: Substitute the solution from step 1 into the second
equation.
.
2x+3y=5
2x+3(5-x)=5
Step 3: Solve this new equation.
2x+3(5-X)=5
2x+15-3x=5
2x-3x+15=5
-x+15=5
-x=5-15
X=10
 .

Step 4: Solve for the second variable

Y=5-x
Y=5-10
Y=-5

The solution is: (x, y) = (10, -5)

Note: It does not matter which equation we choose first and
which second. Just choose the most convenient one first!
ANY QUESTION