Maria ran 4 7/8 miles on monday she ran 2 3/8 miles on friday, how many miles did maria run altogether?

Algebra always makes things sound harder than they actually are, and weird vocabulary can mix up the steps we knew so well.

Part 1: Multiply the first equation by a 2 so that you can cancel out the y variable.

6x - 2y = 0

5x + 2y = 22

Part 2: Actually cancel out the y variables, and combine like terms.

11x = 22

Part 3: Solve for "x" by dividing both sides by 11

x = 2

Part 4: Substitute the variable "x" with the value we just solved for in the original equation.

3(2) - y = 0

6 - y = 0

Then, solve for y by adding y to both sides

6=y

Solution Set = {2,6}