{"id":18293,"date":"2026-05-03T03:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/solve-a-pair-of-linear-equations-23\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T03:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:47:23","slug":"solve-a-pair-of-linear-equations-23","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/solve-a-pair-of-linear-equations-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Solve A Pair Of Linear Equations 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solve the system: x + y = 2 and x &#8211; 2y = 17.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options wp-block-list\">\n<li>(7, -5)<\/li>\n<li>(7, -6)<\/li>\n<li>(-5, 7)<\/li>\n<li>(8, -5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[2705,2726],"subject":[1425],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-18293","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-algebra","topic-systems-of-equations","subject-mathematics","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"The ordered pair must satisfy both equations. Substituting x = 7, y = -5: first equation gives 2 = 2, and second gives 17 = 17. Therefore the solution is (7, -5).","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"(7, -5)"},{"right":"no","answer":"(7, -6)"},{"right":"no","answer":"(-5, 7)"},{"right":"no","answer":"(8, -5)"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1425,"title":"Mathematics","slug":"mathematics"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":2705,"title":"Algebra","slug":"algebra"},{"id":2726,"title":"Systems Of Equations","slug":"systems-of-equations"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/18293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=18293"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=18293"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=18293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}