What is Cross Multiplication?<\/h3>\n
If an equation has a fraction on both sides, then we will use cross multiplication. The process of multiplying the numerator of the left-hand side fraction with the denominator of the right-hand side fraction and multiplying the denominator of the left-hand side fraction with the numerator of the right-hand side fraction is called cross-multiplication. And equate both products to get a linear equation.<\/p>\n
Solving Linear Equations Examples<\/h3>\n
Example 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n Solve 0.5 – 1.5x = 0.8 – 0.28x.<\/p>\n Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n Given that,<\/p>\n 0.5 – 1.5x = 0.8 – 0.28x<\/p>\n Transfer – 1.5x from the left side to right side. And transfer 0.8 from right side to the left side.<\/p>\n 0.5 – 0.8 = 1.5x – 0.28x<\/p>\n -0.3 = 1.22x<\/p>\n x = -0.3 \/ 1.22<\/p>\n x = -0.245<\/p>\n Therefore, -0.245 is the required solution.<\/p>\n Verification:<\/strong><\/p>\n L.H.S = 0.5 – 1.5x<\/p>\n Put x = -0.245<\/p>\n L.H.S = 0.5 – 1.5 x (-0.245)<\/p>\n = 0.5 + 1.5 x 0.245<\/p>\n = 0.5 + 0.3675<\/p>\n = 0.8675<\/p>\n R.H.S = 0.8 – 0.28x<\/p>\n Put x = -0.245<\/p>\n R.H.S = 0.8 – 0.28 x (-0.245)<\/p>\n = 0.8 + 0.28 x 0.245<\/p>\n = 0.8 + 0.0686<\/p>\n = 0.8686<\/p>\n Since, L.H.S = R.H.S. Hence proved.<\/p>\n Example 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n Solve the equation 5 – 2(x – 1) = 4(3 – x) – 2x and represent the solution graphically.<\/p>\n Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n Given linear equation is 5 – 2(x – 1) = 4(3 – x) – 2x<\/p>\n Remove the braces and then simplify<\/p>\n 5 – 2x + 2 = 12 – 3x – 2x<\/p>\n 7 – 2x = 12 – 6x<\/p>\n Transfer -6x to L.H.S. changes to positive 6x and 7 to R.H.S. changes to negative 7.<\/p>\n 6x – 2x = 12 – 7<\/p>\n 4x = 5<\/p>\n x = 5\/4<\/p>\n The solution may be represented graphically on the number line by graphing linear equations.<\/p>\n Example 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n Solve the equation 6(2x + 3) + 5(4x – 6) – 8x = 5(3x + 1) + 6 (7x – 6) and verify your answer.<\/p>\n Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n Given linear equation is 6(2x + 3) + 5(4x – 6) – 8x = 5(3x + 1) + 6 (7x – 6)<\/p>\n 12x + 18 + 20x – 30 – 8x = 15x + 5 + 42x – 36<\/p>\n 24x – 12 = 57x – 31<\/p>\n 31 – 12 = 57x – 24x<\/p>\n 19 = 33x<\/p>\n 19\/33 = x<\/p>\n x = 19\/33<\/p>\n Therefore, x = 19\/33 is the solution for the equation.<\/p>\n Now we will verify both sides of the equation,<\/p>\n L.H.S = 6(2x + 3) + 5(4x – 6) – 8x<\/p>\n Sunstitute x = 19\/33<\/p>\n L.H.S = 6[2 x 19\/33 + 3] + 5[4 x 19\/33 – 6] – 8 x 19\/33<\/p>\n = 6[38\/33 + 3] + 5[76\/33 – 6] – 152\/33<\/p>\n = 228\/33 + 18 + 380\/33 – 30 – 152\/33<\/p>\n = 456\/33 – 12<\/p>\n = (456 – 396)\/33 = 60\/33<\/p>\n R.H.S = 5(3x + 1) + 6 (7x – 6)<\/p>\n Sunstitute x = 19\/33<\/p>\n R.H.S = 5[3 x 19\/33 + 1] + 6[7 x 19\/33 – 6]<\/p>\n = 5[57\/33 + 1] + 6[133\/33 – 6]<\/p>\n = 285\/33 + 5 + 798\/33 – 36<\/p>\n = 1083\/33 – 31<\/p>\n = (1083 – 1023)\/33 = 60\/33<\/p>\n Since, L.h.S = R.H.S. Hence proved.<\/p>\n Example 4.<\/strong><\/p>\n Solve 12\/(x – 8) = 3\/(x + 4).<\/p>\n Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n Given linear equation is 12\/(x – 8) = 3\/(x + 4)<\/p>\n Cross multiply and then remove the braces.<\/p>\n 12(x + 4) = 3(x – 8)<\/p>\n 12x + 48 = 3x – 24<\/p>\n 12x – 3x = -24 – 48<\/p>\n 9x = -72<\/p>\n x = -72\/9 = -8<\/p>\n Therefore, x = -8 is the solution for the equation.<\/p>\n Verification:<\/p>\n L.H.S = 12\/(x – 8)<\/p>\n Put x = -8<\/p>\n L.H.S = 12\/(-8 – 8)<\/p>\n = 12\/-16<\/p>\n = -3\/4<\/p>\n R.H.S = 3\/(x + 4)<\/p>\n Put x = -8<\/p>\n R.H.S = 3\/(-8 + 4)<\/p>\n = 3\/-4<\/p>\n = -3\/4<\/p>\n Since L.H.S = R.H.S. Hence verified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Find the steps of solving first-order linear equations with an example question. By following these steps, one can solve the linear equations in one variable, two variables, and three variables easily. Also, learn how to represent the linear equations on a graph from this page. So, read this complete page to get useful information. For … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigideasmathanswers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigideasmathanswers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigideasmathanswers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigideasmathanswers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigideasmathanswers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigideasmathanswers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92660,"href":"https:\/\/bigideasmathanswers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35190\/revisions\/92660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigideasmathanswers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigideasmathanswers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigideasmathanswers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.worksheetsbuddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How-to-solve-linear-equations-1.jpg\")
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