Worksheet Grade 9 extended

Topic: Simultaneous equations

1. Use the substitution method to solve the following. (a) a+b=4 2a + b = 5 (b) 7x + 2y = 19 xy=4 (c) 2x = 4 + y 6x 5y = 18

2. Use the substitution method to solve the following. (a) 3x + 2y = 27 2x y = -3 (b) y x = -1 3x y = 5 (c) 3x 2y = 5 (d) 2x = 5 + y

=2

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The difference between two numbers is 7, and their sum is 25. Form two equations and solve.
x + 3y 3x + y 7

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13 Form two equations and find the values of x and y 5. On a certain day, 319 tickets were sold altogether. The total cost was $3784. Using x for the number of $10 tickets sold and y for the number of $16 tickets sold, write down two equations in x and y. Solve your equations to find the number of $10 tickets and the number of $16 tickets sold.

6. A football book costs $x and a music book costs $y. (a) (i) Find an expression, in terms of x and y, for the total cost of 5 football books and 7 music books.

(ii) The total cost of 5 football books and 7 music books is $107. Write down an expression, in terms of x and y, to show this information.

(b) The total cost of 3 football books and 14 music books is $172. Write down an equation, in terms of x and y, to show this information.

(c) Solve the two equations to find the cost of one football book and one music book.