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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