Solving Systems Of Equations With Fractions Or Decimals

How To Solve Systems Of Equations With Fractions?

When a system includes an equation with fractions as coefficients:
Step 1. Eliminate the fractions by multiplying each side of the equation by a common denominator.
Step 2: Solve the resulting system using the addition method, elimination method, or the substitution method.

The following diagrams show how to solve systems of equations using the Substitution Method and the Elimination Method.

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Systems of Equations with Fractions

Students learn to solve systems of linear equations that involve fractions. Students also learn to solve linear systems of equations by the method of their choice using the following rules: if one of the variables cancels out when the equations are added together, then use addition, and if a variable is already isolated in one of the equations, then use substitution.

Example:
Solve the following systems of equations
y = 1/3 x - 1
3x - 2y = 4

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Solving a System Involving Fractions with Substitution

How to solve a system of 2 equations with 2 variables involving fractions using substitution?

Example:
y = -3/4 x + 12
y = 1/3 x - 2

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Solving a System Involving Fractions with Elimination

How to solve a linear system by the process of elimination where the equations contain fractions?

Example:
x/2 + y/8 = 4
x/3 - y/2 = -2

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Solving systems of linear equations involving decimals and fractions

1. Scale the system so that integer coefficients exist.
2. Use elimination to solve for the solutions, if they exist.

Examples:
System 1
0.05x - 0.03y = 0.21
0.07x + 0.02y = 0.16

System 2
x/4 + y/6 = 1
x - y = 3

System 3
(x + 3)/4 + (y - 1)/3 = 1
2x - y = 1

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Solving System Of Linear Equations by Adding (with decimals)

Examples:
3.5x + 2.5y = 17
-1.5x - 7.5y = -33

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Solving Systems of Linear Equations with Fractions

Solve a system of linear equations using multiplication with addition or subtraction.

Examples:
x/2 + y/3 = -4
x/5 + y/5 = -2

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