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Systems of Linear Equations Attachment Systems of linear equations are first introduced at the grade 10 level in the current Ontario curriculum. Generally, just two equations are considered, and solved simultaneously, by one of three methods: by graphing the lines to determine their point of intersection, and algebraically using the substitution method or the elimination method. In the past, we also taught a third algebraic method – the comparison method (which can really be considered to be either the substitution or the elimination method in a slightly modified form). For example, the system of equations given by, 5x – y = 7 ( and 3x + y = 9 ( is solved by the comparison method by solving for y from ( to obtain y = 5x – 7 ( and solving for y in ( to obtain y = 9 – 3x ( and then equating ( and ( to obtain 5x – 7 = 9 – 3x and solving for x. It should be understood that a linear equation with real coefficients can be multiplied by any non-zero scalar and still represent the same relation. As well, a system of linear equations retains the same solution whenever we add or subtract scalar multiples of one or more or the equations from that system. An example of a system that can be used to illustrate these concepts is: x – y = 2 ( and x + 3y = 6 ( (which has the solution x = 3 and y = 1). Adding ( and ( produces the new equation 2x + 2y = 8, while subtracting ( from ( gives us 4y = 4 while adding 3 × ( and ( yields 4x = 12. All of these equations have simple integral intercepts and can be graphed using the slope and y-intercept method quite easily as well. This example provides an illustration to support the basis for using the elimination method for solving a system of linear equations simultaneously. Hopefully, students will question the necessity for having two different methods for finding a solution to the same problem. In future, the equations will be made increasingly complex by either, a) using more than two variables (in which case the el