Applications of Linear Systems
A wide variety of real world problems result in linear systems.
Before you can construct and solve equations that model real world applications, you need to be able to decide which quantities are most relevant to the problem.
More specifically, as you read through the original problem statement, it's advisable to make a list of the quantities that fall into the following categories:
- Known values: You can keep track of the known values by using number values that stay fixed throughout the problem
- Unknown values: You can keep track of the unknown values by using variables.
Applications of Linear Systems
Practice: Translate word problems to system of two equations to solve in the following exercises.
Applications of Linear Systems 1
Applications of Linear Systems 2
Applications of Linear Systems 3
Applications of Linear Systems 4