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Grade 10 · Exponents, Equations and Inequalities
Simultaneous Linear Equations (Grade 10)
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Answer all questions. Show all your working — marks are awarded for method as well as the final answer.
- 1Solve: y = 2x and x + y = 9(3)
- 2Solve: y = x + 4 and y = 2x + 1(3)
- 3Solve: x + y = 10 and x − y = 2(3)
- 4Solve: 2x + y = 7 and 3x − y = 8(3)
- 5Solve: 3x + 2y = 12 and x − 2y = 4(3)
- 6Solve: 2x + 3y = 13 and 4x − y = 5(4)
- 7What does the solution represent graphically?(1)
- 8Three apples and two pears cost R16; one apple and one pear cost R6. Find each price.(4)
TOTAL: 24 marks