Definition:Graphical Solution to System of Simultaneous Equations
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Definition
Consider the following pair of simultaneous equations in $2$ variables:
| \(\ds \map {f_1} {x, y}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 0\) | ||||||||||||
| \(\ds \map {f_2} {x, y}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 0\) |
The solution to the above simultaneous equations can be found by:
- plotting the graphs of $f_1$ and $f_2$ on a coordinate plane
- inspecting the points where these graphs intersect.
This is called a graphical solution to the system of simultaneous equations.
Also see
- Results about simultaneous equations can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): simultaneous equations
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): simultaneous equations