Solving Systems Vocabulary

A set of two or more equations that contain two or more variables is called a (a)   .

• System of Equations

• Solution to a System of Equation

• Solution of an Equation

• Equation

A set of values that make all equations in a system true is called (a)   .

• Solution of a System of Equations

• System of Equations

• Equation

• Solution of an Equation

Used to solve a system of linear equations; one variable is removed by adding or subtracting the two equations of the system to obtain a single equation in one variable.

• Elimination Method

• Substitution Method

• Addition Property of Equality

• Additive Inverse

Two or more equations with same variables are called a

______________________________.

What is a solution to a system of linear equations?

• The point where both lines intersect

• The point where the y-axis and x-axis meet

• An ordered pair that both lines share

• A salt dissolved in water

The solution (x, y) to a system of equations is the point where they...? 

• Run off the graph

• Don't touch

• Intersect

• Exist

How many solutions will this system have?

• One

• Two

• No Solution

• Infinitely Many Solutions

How many solutions will this system have? 

• No solution

• One Solution

• I Don't Know

• Infinitely Many Solutions

The first step in solving using the substitution method is __________.

• get x by itself

• get y by itself

• get either variable by itself

• add the equations together

2 or more linear equations with the same set of variables

• System

• System of Equations

• Linear Equations

• Quadratic Equations