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What does it mean by solving linear systems?
Solving linear systems means to solve linear equations and inequalities. Then to graph it and describing it by statical statements.
Can a system of two linear equations in two variables have 3 solutions?
No. At least, it can't have EXACTLY 3 solutions, if that's what you mean. A system of two linear equations in two variables can have:No solutionOne solutionAn infinite number of solutions
What does it mean to solve a system?
Finding a set of value for the set of variables so that, when these values are substituted for the corresponding variables, all the equations in the system are true statements.
When you solve a system of linear equations by adding or subtracting what needs to be true about the variable terms in the equations?
I guess you mean, you want to add two equations together. The idea is to do it in such a way that one of the variables disappears from the combined equation. Here is an example:5x - y = 15 2x + 2y = 11 If you add the equations together, no variable will disappear. But if you first multiply the first equation by 2, and then add the resulting equations together, the variable "y" will disappear; this lets you advance with the solution.
What does it mean both algebraically and graphically when an ordered pair is a solution to a system of two linear equations?
If an ordered pair is a solution to a system of linear equations, then algebraically it returns the same values when substituted appropriately into the x and y variables in each equation. For a very basic example: (0,0) satisfies the linear system of equations given by y=x and y=-2x By substituting in x=0 into both equations, the following is obtained: y=(0) and y=-2(0)=0 x=0 returns y=0 for both equations, which satisfies the ordered pair (0,0). This means that if an ordered pair is a solution to a system of equations, the x of that ordered pair returns the same y for all equations in the system. Graphically, this means that all equations in the system intersect at that point. This makes sense because an x value returns the same y value at that ordered pair, meaning all equations would have the same value at the x-coordinate of the ordered pair. The ordered pair specifies an intersection point of the equations.
