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    Linear Equations

    and Inequalities

    Copyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.


    2.1 Linear Equations
    What You Will Learn

     Check solutions of equations.

     Solve linear equations in standard form.

     Solve linear equations in nonstandard form.

    3
    Introduction

    4
    Introduction
    An equation is a statement that equates two algebraic
    expressions. A linear equation in one variable x is an
    equation that can be written in the standard form

    ax + b = 0,

    where a and b are real numbers with a ≠ 0.

    Solving an equation involving a variable means finding all


    values of the variable for which the equation is true.

    Such values are solutions and are said to satisfy the


    equation.

    5
    Introduction
    The solution set of an equation is the set of all
    solutions of the equation.

    A linear equation that has the set of all real numbers as its
    solution set is called an identity.

    A linear equation that is true for some real numbers is


    called a conditional equation. A linear equation that is
    false for all real numbers is called a contradiction.

    6
    Example 1 – Checking a Solution of an Equation
    Determine whether x = –3 is a solution of
    –3x – 5 = 4x + 16.

    Solution
    –3x – 5 = 4x + 16 Write original equation.

    –3(–3) – 5 4(–3) + 16 Substitute –3 for x.

    7
    Example 1 – Checking a Solution of an Equation

    9–5 –12 + 16 Simplify.

    4=4 Solution checks.

    Because each side turns out to be the same number, you


    can conclude that x = –3 is a solution of the original
    equation.

    8
    Solving Linear Equations in Standard
    Form

    9
    Solving Linear Equations in Standard Form

    10
    Example 2 – Solving a Linear Equation in Standard
    Form

    4x – 12 = 0 Original equation.

    4x – 12 + 12 = 0 + 12 Add 12 to each side.

    4x = 12 Combine like terms.

    Divide each side by 4.

    x=3 Simplify.

    The solution is x = 3. Check this solution in the original


    equation.

    11
    Solving Linear Equations in
    Nonstandard Form

    12
    Example 4 – Solving a Linear Equation in Nonstandard Form
    x + 2 = 2x – 6 Original equation

    –2x + x + 2 = –2x + 2x – 6 Add 2x to each side.

    –x + 2 = –6 Combine like terms.

    –x + 2 – 2 = –6 – 2 Subtract 2 from each side.

    –x = –8 Combine like terms.

    (–1)(–x) = (–1)(–8) Multiply each side by –1.

    x=8 Simplify.

    The solution is x = 8.
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    Example 4 – Solving a Linear Equation in Nonstandard Form
    You can check this as follows.

    Check

    8+2 2(8) − 6 Substitute 8 for x in original equation.

    10 16 − 6 Simplify.

    10 = 10 Solution checks.

    14

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