DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL-WARANGAL

SESSION 2020-21
Enrichment Worksheet-9/Maximum Marsk:20
GRADE: X SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS

Name of the Student: …………………….………………. DATE: 31-03-2020

PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES

Procedure to solve the pair of linear equations using Elimination method:

Step 1: First multiply both the equations by some suitable non-zero constants to make the coefficients
of one variable (either x or y) numerically equal.
Step 2: Then add or subtract one equation from the other so that one variable gets eliminated. If you get
an equation in one variable, go to Step 3.
If in Step 2, we obtain a true statement involving no variable, then the original pair of equations
has infinitely many solutions.
If in Step 2, we obtain a false statement involving no variable, then the original pair of equations
has no solution, i.e., it is inconsistent.
Step 3: Solve the equation in one variable (x or y) so obtained to get its value.
Step 4: Substitute this value of x (or y) in either of the original equations to get the value of the other
variable.

Example:

Solve for ‘x’ and ‘y’:

2x + 3y = 12 .......... (i)
3x + 2y = 15 .......... (ii)

Solution:

If we look closely at the coefficients of the variables of both the equations, we will find that we can
either multiply equation (i) by 3 on both the sides and equation (ii) by 2 on both the sides to make
coefficient of ‘x’ equal and solve the equations by eliminating ‘x’ from both the equations or we can
multiply equation (i) by 2 and equation (ii) by 3 on both the sides to make the coefficient of ‘y’ equal
and then solve the equations by eliminating ‘y’ from both the equations.

Let us use first method.

Multiply equation (i) by 3 on both the sides and equation (ii) by 2 on both the sides to make coefficient
of ‘x’ equal and solve the equations by eliminating ‘x’ from both the equations, we get

6x + 9y = 36 .......... (iii)

6x + 4y = 30 .......... (iv)

Subtract equation (iv) from equation (iii), we get

9y – 4y = 36 – 30

⟹ 5y = 6

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⟹ y = 6/5

Substituting y = 6/5 in equation (i), we get

2x + 18/5 =12

⟹ 2x = 12 – 18/5

⟹ 2x = 42/5

⟹ x = 42/10

⟹ x = 21/5

Hence, x = 21/5 and y = 6/5.

EXERCISE
Solve the following pair of linear equations by the elimination method:

(i) x + 2y = 15

2x + y = 20

(ii) 5x + 3y = 35

2x + 4y = 28

(iii) 2x + 3y = 46,

3x + 5y = 74

(iv) 3x – y = 3

9x – 3y = 9

(v) 0.2x + 0.3y = 1.3

0.4x + 0.5y = 2.3

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