The document discusses solving systems of linear equations in two variables using graphical and substitution methods. It provides examples of setting up systems of equations from word problems about prices of items and the dimensions of geometric shapes. The key steps in solving systems graphically are to draw the graphs of the two equations on the same coordinate plane, estimate the point of intersection, and verify it satisfies both equations. Solving by substitution involves manipulating one equation to express one variable in terms of the other and substituting it into the other equation.