Solve a Simultaneous Set of Two Linear Equations

This page will show you how to solve two equations with two unknowns. There are many ways of doing this, but this page used the method of substitution.

Note the "=" signs are already put in for you. You just need to fill in the boxes "around" the equals signs.

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