Saturday, February 11, 2012

Linear Equations (Revision)

For the PMR syllabus, students encountered equations of the form

ax + b = 0

where a,b are constants and x is a variable


Example :

x + 3 = 0

-9x – 7 = 0

Such equations are called linear equations
The highest power of the variable x is one.
Linear equations are easily solved by simple algebraic manipulations

Ex :

2x + 9 = 7
2x = -2
x = -1

We see that all linear equations have one solution, or one root.

Note : Root = Solution

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