Linear Equations in 2 Variables
Linear Equations in 2 Variables
Contents
Introduction
Linear equations
Points for solving a
linear equation
Solution of a linear
equation
Graph of a linear
equation in two
Introduction
An excellent characteristic of
equations in two variables is their
adaptability
to graphical
analysis. The rectangular
coordinate system is used in
analyzing equations graphically.
This system of horizontal and
vertical lines, meeting each other at
right angles and thus forming a
rectangular grid, is often called the
Cartesian coordinate system.
Cartesian plane
Introduction
A simple linear equation is an equality between
LHS
RHS
4x+3 = 15
2x+5y = 0
-2x+3y= 6
Introduction
A linear equation in two
variables is put in the form of
ax+by+c=0,where a,b,c are
Equation
A
B
C
real numbers,
and
b are
2x+3y=9
2 a
3 and
-9
X+y/4-4=0
3 1/4 -4
not both
zero.
2
0
5
5=2x
Y-2=0
2+x/3=0
0
1/3
1
0
-2
2
Linear equations
A linear equation is an algebraic
equation in which each term is
either a constant or the product of a
constant and a single variable.
Linear equations can have one or
more variables. Linear equations
occur with great regularity in
applied mathematics. While they
arise quite
when modeling
5X+2 naturally
=0
5/2
many phenomena,
they are
particularly useful since many non-4 -3 -2 -1 0may
1 2be
3 reduced
4 5
linear-5equations
to
linear equations by assuming that
5+y-2x-5=15-5
y-2x=10
y-2x
/2=10/2
Solution of a linear
equation
Every linear equation has a unique solution as there
is a single variable in the equation
to be solved
but in a linear equation involving two variables in the
equation, a solution
means a pair of values, one
for x and one for y which satisfy the given equation
Example-p(x)=2x+3y
(1)If x=3
2x+3y=(2x3)+(3xy)=12
therefore the solution is (3,2)
(2)If x=2
2x+3y=(2x2)+(3xy)=12
therefore the solution is (2,8/3)
6+3y=12
4+3y=12
y=2,
y=8/3,
Graph of a linear
equation in two
variables
X+2Y=6
y=4
x
Equations of lines
parallel to y-axis
3x-10=5
3x=15
x=5
x
x=5
(2,5)
(1,2
)
2+2
y=6
x
(0,
-1
)
(-4,3)
(2x+8=0)
(-4,-3)
y=-4
SUMMARY
An equation of the form ax+by+c=0,wherea,b and c are real
numbers, such that a and b are not both zero, is called a linear
equation in two variables.
A linear equation in two variables has infinitely many solutions.
The graph of every linear equation in two variables is a straight
line.
X=0 is the equation of the y-axis and y=0 is the equation of the
x-axis
The graph of x=a is a straight line parallel to the y-axis.
The graph of y=a is a straight line parallel to the x-axis.
An equation of the type y=mx represents a line passing through
the origin.
Every point on the graph of a linear equation in two variables is
a solution of the linear equation. Moreover, every solution of the
linear equation is a point on the graph of the linear equation.
MADE BY-
ATMAN WAGLE
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