1. **State the problem:** Solve the system of equations using substitution and identify the error in the student's solution.
Given system:
$$5x - y = 15$$
$$7x + y = 21$$
2. **Express one variable in terms of the other:** From the first equation,
$$5x - y = 15 \implies y = 5x - 15$$
3. **Substitute into the second equation:** Replace $y$ in the second equation with $5x - 15$:
$$7x + (5x - 15) = 21$$
4. **Simplify and solve for $x$:**
$$7x + 5x - 15 = 21$$
$$12x - 15 = 21$$
$$12x = 21 + 15$$
$$12x = 36$$
$$x = \frac{36}{12} = 3$$
5. **Find $y$ using $x=3$:**
$$y = 5(3) - 15 = 15 - 15 = 0$$
6. **Solution set:** The correct solution is
$$(x, y) = (3, 0)$$
7. **Identify the student's error:** The student wrote the solution set as 536, which is incorrect because the solution should be an ordered pair $(x, y)$, not a single number. Possibly, the student concatenated numbers or misread the solution.
**Final answer:** The correct solution set is $\boxed{(3, 0)}$.
Substitution Error
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