How do you solve the system x=10 +5y and 2x-10y=20?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-09T11:54:26

$x;(x-10)/5$

Dividing the second equation by $2$ we get

$x-5y=10$
or
$x=10+5y$
this equation is identical to the first one.

Answer 2 · 2018-06-09T12:01:23

There are many solutions because the two equations are just different forms of the same equation.

The equations given do not represent a system of equations because the one is just a different form of the other.

$2x-10y=20$ if divided by $2$ gives $x -5y =20$ which is the same as $x=10+5y$

There is no single or unique for an equation which has two variables, but rather there are infinitely many solutions.

In this case, any value can be chosen for $y$ and the corresponding $x$ value can be determined.

A few possible solutions are:

$(10,0)" "(20,2)" "(25,3)" "(60,10)$ and so on.