Systems by Elimination

Your friend rents 10 chairs and 2 tables for $300. Another friend rents 8 chairs and 4 tables for $360. How much does a chair and a table cost? Write a system of equations to solve.

• Chairs $2 Tables $5

• Chairs $50 Tables $20

• Chairs $10 Tables $15

• Chairs $20 Tables $50

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

You and your brother each decide to open a savings account. You open your account at Elsa’s Banking Branch. Your brother opens his account at Anna’s Banking Company. You put $50 in the bank and your account earns $4 per week in interest. Your brother puts $150 in his account but only earns $2 per week in interest. How many weeks will it take for both your brother and your account to have the same balance? Write a system of linear equations to solve the problem.

• 200 weeks

• 300 weeks

• 50 weeks

• 250 weeks

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

Macy starts with $20 in her bank account and she saves $5 each week. Robby has $100 in his bank account, and he saves $2.50 each week. After how many weeks will Macy and Robby have the same amount in their accounts and how much money will that be? Write a system of equations to solve.

• 25 weeks; $160

• 32 weeks; $180

• 20 weeks; $120

• 22 weeks; $135

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

Solve by elimination:
3x+7y=23

-3x-7y=-17

• No solution

• ARN

• (-3,3)

• (3,3)

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B

CCSS.HSA.REI.C.6

Solve by elimination:
-9x-4y=-20

5x+4y=4

• (-4,4)

• (4,4)

• (4,-4)

• (-4,-4)

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B

CCSS.HSA.REI.C.6

Solve by elimination:
7x+y=-9

-3x-y=5

• No solution

• (1,8)

• (-2,-3)

• (-1,-2)

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B

CCSS.HSA.REI.C.6

Solve by elimination:
7x-9y=29

7x+2y=-15

• (-4,-1)

• (-1.-4)

• (-1,4)

• (-1,6)

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B

CCSS.HSA.REI.C.6

Solve by elimination:
9x-4y=7

x-4y=-17

• (-1,5)

• (-7,5)

• (7,5)

• (3,5)

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B

CCSS.HSA.REI.C.6

Solve by elimination 
-12x-10y= 0 
 6x+5y= -1

• infinite solutions

• (0,0)

• no solution 

• (2,1)

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B

CCSS.HSA.REI.C.6

Solve by elimination
-6x+y= -2
-3x-6y= 12

• (2,0)

• no solution 

• (0,-2)

• infinite solutions 

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8B