Saturday, July 19, 2014

Determine the point of intersection of the lines y=-x+14 and y=4x-11?

To determine the intercepting point of the given lines,
we'll have to solve the system of equations of the
lines.


We'll re-write the equations, keeping the variables
x and y to the left side.


In the first equation, we'll
shift x to the left, changing it's sign:


x + y = 14
(1)


In the second equation, we'll shift x to the left and
we'll re-arrange the terms:


4x - y = 11
(2)


We'll solve the system using
substitution:


x = 14 - y
(3)


We'll replace x in the 2nd equation by the expression
from (3):


4(14 - y) - y =
11


We'll remove the
brackets:


56 - 4y - y = 11


-5y
= 11 - 56


-5y = -45


We'll
divide by -5:


y = 9


We'll
substitute y in (3):


x = 14 -
9


x = 5


The
solution of the system represents the intercepting point of the lines, whose coordinates
are given by the pair: (5 ; 9).

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