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3.01 Writing and graphing linear systems

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Rochelle and Mohamad are sister and brother. Rochelle's age is $11$11 more than $4$4 times the age of Mohamad. The sum of their ages is $21$21.

This problem can be represented by the following system of equations:

Equation 1: $y+x=21$y+x=21

Equation 2: $y=4x+11$y=4x+11

a

Sketch the two lines representing these equations on the graph below.

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b

Write down the solution to the system of equations as an ordered pair $\left(x,y\right)$(x,y).

c

How old is Rochelle?

d

How old is Mohamad?

Medium
2min

Laura and Lachlan are working together on an assignment. They have broken down the work into $9$9 parts of the same size. Laura works at $2$2 times the speed of Lachlan but has $9$9 pieces of work to do for another subject.

This problem can be represented by the following system of equations:

Medium
2min

Consider the following graph that displays a system of two equations:

Medium
< 1min

Consider the following graph that displays a system of two equations:

Medium
1min
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Outcomes

A.CED.A.3

Represent constraints by equations or inequalities, and by systems of equations and/or inequalities, and interpret solutions as viable or nonviable options in a modeling context.

A.REI.C.6

Solve systems of linear equations exactly and approximately (e.g. With graphs), focusing on pairs of linear equations in two variables.

A.REI.D.11

Explain why the x-coordinates of the points where the graphs of the equations y = f(x) and y = g(x) intersect are the solutions of the equation f(x) = g(x); find the solutions approximately.

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