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Solving Linear EQUATIONS. WHAT IS AN EQUATION?. A mathematical statement that two expressions is equivalent Solution set of an equation is the value or values of the variable that make the equation true. General form.
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WHAT IS AN EQUATION? • A mathematical statement that two expressions is equivalent • Solution set of an equation is the value or values of the variable that make the equation true
General form • Linear equation in one variable- general form is ax=b where a and b are constants • a is not equal to zero. • Examples: • 4x=8 • 3x-5=2
Linear equation variables • The variable has no exponents, is not under a radical sign, and is not in the denominator of a fraction.
Solving linear equations • Goal is to move everything with the variable to one side of the equation • Move everything without a variable to the other side of the equal sign • Must use properties of equality
Solving linear equations • Isolate the variable • Perform the inverse, or opposite of every operation in the equation • What you do to one side you must do to the other • Inverse operations are done in the reverse order of PEMDAS • Add, subtract first, then divide or multiply to isolate the variable
Solve • 3(2-3p)=42
solve • -3(5-4r)=-9
Solve • 3(w+7)-5w=w+12
solve • 5(x-6)=3x-18+2x
solve • 3(2-3x)=-7x-2(x-3)
inequalities • A statement that compares two expressions by using the <,> symbols. • The graph of an inequality is the solution set (the set of all points on the number line that satisfy the inequality) • Properties of Equality discussed earlier apply to inequalities
The inequality difference • If you multiply or divide both sides by a negative number, you must reverse the inequality symbol
solve • Solve and graph on an number line • 9x=4<12x-11
solve • x+8