Chapter 7 Simultaneous Linear Equations in

Two Unknowns

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following sets of values satisfies the equation x  y  4?
A. x  1, y  5 B. x  1, y  5 C. x  5, y  1 D. x  2, y  2

2. If x  2, y  3, find the value of 2x  3y.

A. 0 B. 5 C. 12 D. 13

3. Which of the following ordered pairs satisfies the equations 3 x  y  1 and x + 2y  1?

3 2 7 4
A. ( , ) B. (1, 2) C. ( , ) D. (3, 1)
7 7 3 3

4 x  y  30
4. Which of the following ordered pairs is the solution of  ?
 y  2x
A. (3, 6) B. (4, 8) C. (5, 10) D. (6, 12)

x  y  2  0
5. Solve the simultaneous equations  graphically. y
 y  3
3
xy20 2
A.x  2, y  3
1
B.x  1, y  3
x
C.x  1, y  3 3 2 1 O 1 2 3
1
D.x  0, y  2 2
3 y = 3

 x  3 y  15  0
6. Solve the simultaneous equations  graphically.
 x  3
y

x
3 2 1 O 1 2 3
1
2
3
4

5

x 3 x  3y  15  0

A. x  3, y  4 B. x  4, y  3 C. x  3, y  4 D. x  3, y  4

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7. According to the graph, find the solution of the simultaneous equations which are represented
by L 1 and L 2 .
y

10
8
6
4
L2 2 L1

x
6 4 2 O 2 4 6
2

A. x  3, y  10 B. x  3, y  10 C. x  10, y  3 D. x  10, y  3

 x  7
8. Use the method of substitution to solve the simultaneous equations  .
x  3 y  5
A. x  7, y  4 B. x  7, y  4 C. x  7, y  4 D. x  4, y  7

y  4
9. Use the method of substitution to solve the simultaneous equations  .
2 x  3 y  30
A. x  9, y  4 B. x  4, y  9 C. x  9, y  4 D. x  4, y  9

2 x  y  7
10. Use the method of substitution to solve the simultaneous equations  .
 y  3x  8
A. x  1, y  3 B. x  3, y  1 C. x  1, y  3 D. x  3, y  1

2 x  5 y  7
11. Use the method of substitution to solve the simultaneous equations  .
3x  y  4
1 6 1
A. x  1, y  1 B. x  1, y  7 C. x ,y D. x ,y3
2 5 3

12. Use the method of substitution to solve the simultaneous equations 2x  3y + 7  5x  3y  3.

7 26 26 7
A. x  , y   B. x  ,y
3 9 9 3
26 7 7 26
C. x   ,y D. x  , y 
9 3 3 9

2( x  y )  3x  4
13. Use the method of substitution to solve the simultaneous equations  .
3( x  y )  7 y  8
A. x  16, y  6 B. x  14, y  5
C. x  12, y  4 D. x  10, y  7
  7 x  3 y  40
14. Use the method of elimination to solve the simultaneous equations  .
7 x  y  4

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A. x  1, y  3 B. x  2, y  10 C. x  2, y  18 D. x  1, y  11

6 x  y  7
15. Use the method of elimination to solve the simultaneous equations  .
5 x  y  3
A. x  1, y  8 B. x  1, y  1 C. x  2, y  7 D. x  4, y  17

3x  5 y  1
16. Use the method of elimination to solve the simultaneous equations  .
x  4 y  5
2
A. x  3, y  2 B. x  13, y  2 C. x  1, y   D. x  2, y  1
5

2 x  3 y  5
17. Use the method of elimination to solve the simultaneous equ ations  .
11  2 x  5 y
A. x  2, y  3 B. x  2, y  4 C. x  1, y  3 D. x  1, y  4

1 2 1
 2 x  3 y   3
18. Use the method of elimination to solve the simultaneous equations  .
 3 y  17  1 x
 4 －12 3

A. x  1, y  2 B. x  1, y  1 C. x  2, y  1 D. x  2, y  1

3 1 1
 4 ( x  y )  3 y   4
19. Use the method of elimination to solve the simultaneous equations  .
 1 ( x  y )  2 x   23
 2 3 6
A. x  2, y  3 B. x  2, y  3 C. x  2, y  3 D. x  2, y  3

20. Which of the following simultaneous equations have no solution?

 y  2x  3  y  4x  5
A.  B. 
 y  5x  3  y  4x  7
2 y  3 x  1 3 y  2 x  7
C.  D. 
2 y  4 x  1  y  2x  7
3x  3 y  9
21. How many solutions do the simultaneous equations  have?
x  y  3
A. Unlimited B. One C. Two D. 0

22. If 3y  x and 4x  3y  9, find the value of x + y.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

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23. If 2x  y and x + 4y  3, find the value of xy.

1 2 4 2
A. B. C. D.
9 9 9 3

24. If x : y  2 : 1 and x + 4y  3, find the values of x and y.

1 1
A. x  ,y1 B. x  1, y  C. x  2, y  1 D. x  4, y  2
2 2

25. If the ordered pairs (4, 0) and (2, 1) satisfy the equation mx  ny  4, find the values of m
and n.
A. m  1, n  6 B. m  1, n  2 C. m  1, n  2 D. m  1, n  6

26. Solve the simultaneous equations 4y  3x  3y + 4x  11  6.

A. x  2, y  0 B. x  2, y  3
68 37 68 31
C. x  ,y D. x ,y
7 2 7 2

7( y  x)  2( x  3)  12
27. Solve the simultaneous equations  .
5 x  y  6
2 2
A. x  ,y4 B. x , y  4 C. x  2, y  4 D. x  2, y  4
5 5

28. If x is 2 times of y and the sum of y and 5 times of x is 80, which of the following
simultaneous equations is correct?
5 x  y  80 5 x  y  80  x  5 y  80  x  5 y  80
A.  B.  C.  D. 
2 x  y x  2 y 2 x  y x  2 y

29. If the sum of two numbers is 54 and their differen ce is 20, find the two numbers.
A. 17 and 37 B. 14 and 40 C. 24 and 30 D. 34 and 20

30. Mr. Chan is 4 times as old as his son. If the difference of their ages is 39 , find their
respective ages.
A. Mr. Chan: 44 years old; his son: 11 years old
B. Mr. Chan: 56 years old; his son: 14 years old
C. Mr. Chan: 52 years old; his son: 13 years old
D. Mr. Chan: 48 years old; his son: 12 years old

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31. Mrs. Lee buys 4 loaves of bread and 2 pieces of cake for $28. Mrs. Chan buys 2 loaves of
bread and 5 pieces of cake for $22. Find the price of a loaf of bread and that of a piece of
cake.
A. Bread: $2; cake: $6 B. Bread: $3; cake: $5
C. Bread: $5; cake: $3 D. Bread: $6; cake: $2

32. A hotel can serve 300 people for dinner buffet. The price for an adult is $200 and that for a
child is $130. If the hotel was full and it received $51 600 yesterday, find the respective
numbers of adults and children.
A. Adult: 120; children: 180 B. Adult: 140; children: 160
C. Adult: 160; children: 140 D. Adult: 180; children: 120

33. The sum of the digits in a two-digit number is 12. If the digits are interchanged, the value of
the number increases by 54. Find the original number.
A. 39 B. 48 C. 84 D. 93
34. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. Find the length of DC.
x3
A B

2x  1 y1

D C
2y  1

A. 5 B. 6 C. 8 D. 9

Level 1
1. (a) Complete the following tables.
(i) y  x + 1
x 0 3 5

y 4

(ii) y  5  x

x 0 3 5

y 0

y  x 1
(b) Using the result of (a) and the graph below, solve the simultaneous equations 
y  5  x
graphically.

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y

x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6

2. (a) Complete the following tables.

(i) x + 2y  3
x 1 3 5

(ii) 3x + y  1

x 0 1 2

y 5

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(b) Using the result of (a) and the graph below, solve the simultaneous equations
 x  2 y  3
 graphically.
3 x  y  1
y

x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6

1

2

3

4

5

y  x 1
3. Using the graph below, solve the simultaneous equations  .
 y  2 x  7
y

x
2 1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6
1

2

3

4

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 y  2x  6
4. Using the graph below, solve the simultaneous equations  .
y  6  x
y

x
2 1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

2 x  y  7
5. Using the graph below, solve the simultaneous equations  .
 x  4y  7
y

x
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 O 1 2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

6. Using the method of substitution to solve the following simultaneous equations.

x  y 1  y  x 1
(a)  (b) 
x  y  7 4 x  7 y  4

7. Using the method of substitution to solve the following simult aneous equations.
 x  3y  y  4x  7
(a)  (b) 
2 y  3x  28 4 x  y  7

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8. Using the method of substitution to solve the following simultaneous equations.
x  y  2 3x  y  1
(a)  (b) 
3x  y  14  x  3 y  11

9. Using the method of elimination to solve the following simultaneous equations.

x  2 y  8 3x  y  8
(a)  (b) 
x  y  6 2 x  y  7

10. Using the method of elimination to solve the following simultaneous equations.
 x  3 y  11   6x  4y  21
(a)  (b) 
2 x  3 y  10  6 x  8 y  15

11. Using the method of elimination to solve the following simultaneous equations.
x  2 y  6 3x  5 y  10
(a)  (b) 
2 x  3 y  5  2x  y  9

12. Using the method of elimination to solve the following simultaneous equations.
2 x  5 y  21 4 x  2 y  8
(a)  (b) 
 3x  y  6  x  3 y  9

2 x  3 y  15
13. Solve the simultaneous equations  .
2 x  3 y  9

14. The sum of two numbers is 50 and their difference is 18. Find the two numbers.

Level 2
x  y  2
15. Using the graph below, solve the simultaneous equations  . (Correct your answer
2 x  y  2
to 1 decimal place.)
y

0.5

x
0.5 O 0.5 1 1.5 2

0.5

1

1.5

2

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16. Using the method of substitution to solve the following simultaneous equations.
2 x  y  9  x  3 y  1
(a)  (b) 
5 x  2 y  9 2 y  9 x  38

17. Using the method of substitution to solve the following simultaneous equations.
3x  2 y  3 2 x  3 y  20
(a)  (b) 
 5 x  3 y  14 5 x  2 y  17

18. Using the method of elimination to solve the following simultaneous equations.
2 x  5 y  3 3x  10 y  84
(a)  (b) 
4 x  7 y  3 8 x  2 y  39

19. Using the method of elimination to solve the following simultaneous equations.
5 x  2 y  3  3x  5 y  30
(a)  (b) 
2 x  3 y  24 4 x  7 y  1

20. Solve the following simultaneous equations.

3x  2 y  5 3x  2 y  7
(a)  (b) 
3 y  x  11  5 x  6 y  15

21. Solve the following simultaneous equations.

10x  7 y  13  0  8x  6 y  1  0
(a)  (b) 
5 x  2 y  10  0 6 x  7 y  3  0

22. Find the solutions of the following simultaneous equations.

25a  12b  135  0 15m  12n  1.5
(a)  (b) 
 11a  15b  108  7n  4m  11  0

23. Nicholas is 5 years older than Edison now. 10 years ago, Nicholas’s age is 6 times of that of
Edison. Find the present ages of Nicholas and Edison.
24. The total price of 4 pens and 6 rubbers is $38, and the total price of 4 pens and 5 rubbers is
$35. Find the price of a pen and that of a rubber.

25. Mr. Wong has some $20-note and $100-note with a total amount of $920. If he has 14 pieces
of notes, find the number of $20-note and that of $100-note.

26. The sum of the two digits in a two-digit number is 12. If the two digits are interchanged, the
value of the number decreases by 36. Find the original number.

2( x  1)  3( y  1)  0
27. Solve the simultaneous equations  .
7( x  2)  5( y  3)

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4 x  6 y  41
28. (a) Solve the simultaneous equations  .
 x  4 y  19
 4  6  41

(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve the simultaneous equations  a b .
 1  4  19
a b

Level 3
29. Uncle Luk has x lots of Stock A and y lots of Stock B. A lot of Stock A consists of 1 000
shares and each share is currently $71. A lot of Stock B consists of 400 s hares and each share
is currently $85.
(a) If he has a total of 70 lots of shares, find an equation connecting x and y.
(b) Given that the total value of his shares is $3 120 000.
(i) Find another equation connecting x and y.
(ii) How many shares of Stock A and Stock B does he have?
(c) Three days later, the prices of each share of Stock A has increased by 10% whilst Stock B
has decreased by 20%. Uncle Luk then sells m lots of Stock A and buys n lots of
Stock B. Finally, he has a total of 58 lots of shares and $4 800 cash on hand, how many
shares of Stock A and Stock B does he have?

30. Let x, y, z be 3 unknowns and they satisfy the simultaneous equations

 x  2 y  2 z  2....................(1)

3x  2 y  z  5....................(2) .
2 x  5 y  3z  4................(3)

(a) By considering (1) and (2) and using the method of elimination, f ind an equation
connecting y and z.
(b) By considering (1) and (3) and using the method of elimination, find an equation
connecting y and z.
(c) Using the results of (a) and (b), find the values of y and z. Hence find the value of x.

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