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Linear equations are algebraic equations where each term is either a constant or the product of a constant and a single variable to the first power. They can have one or more variables. Linear equations occur frequently in applied mathematics and can model many phenomena. They are also useful because non-linear equations can sometimes be approximated as linear equations. Linear equations do not include exponents. The solutions to a linear equation with two variables form a straight line. The slope of the line is determined by one constant, and the y-intercept by another constant. Non-linear equations include terms with variables multiplied together or raised to powers other than one.

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Linear Equations

Linear equations are algebraic equations where each term is either a constant or the product of a constant and a single variable to the first power. They can have one or more variables. Linear equations occur frequently in applied mathematics and can model many phenomena. They are also useful because non-linear equations can sometimes be approximated as linear equations. Linear equations do not include exponents. The solutions to a linear equation with two variables form a straight line. The slope of the line is determined by one constant, and the y-intercept by another constant. Non-linear equations include terms with variables multiplied together or raised to powers other than one.

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Linear Equations

Linear Equations
A linear equation is an algebraic equation in which each term is either a constant or the product of a constant and (the first power of) a single variable. Linear equations can have one or more variables. Linear equations occur with great regularity in applied mathematics. While they arise quite naturally when modeling many phenomena, they are particularly useful since many non-linear equations may be reduced to linear equations by assuming that quantities of interest vary to only a small extent from some "background" state. Linear equations do not include exponents. Linear equations in two variables:- where m and b designate constants. The origin of the name "linear" comes from the fact that the set of solutions of such an equation forms a straight line in the plane. In this particular equation, the constant m determines the slope or gradient of that line, and the constant term "b" determines the point at which the line crosses the y-axis, otherwise known as the y-intercept. Know More About :- Matrices

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Since terms of linear equations cannot contain products of distinct or equal variables, nor any power (other than 1) or other function of a variable, equations involving terms such as xy, x2, y1/3, and sin(x) are nonlinear. Forms for 2D linear equations:Linear equations can be rewritten using the laws of elementary algebra into several different forms. These equations are often referred to as the "equations of the straight line." In what follows, x, y, t, and are variables; other letters represent constants (fixed numbers). General form:- where A and B are not both equal to zero. The equation is usually written so that A 0, by convention. The graph of the equation is a straight line, and every straight line can be represented by an equation in the above form. If A is nonzero, then the x-intercept, that is, the x-coordinate of the point where the graph crosses the x-axis (where, y is zero), is C/A. If B is nonzero, then the y-intercept, that is the y-coordinate of the point where the graph crosses the y-axis (where x is zero), is C/B, and the slope of the line is A/B. Standard form:- where A and B are not both equal to zero, A, B, and C are coprime integers, and A is nonnegative (if zero, B must be positive). The standard form can be converted to the general form, but not always to all the other forms if A or B is zero. It is worth noting that, while the term occurs frequently in school-level US algebra textbooks, most lines cannot be described by such equations. For instance, the line x + y = 2 cannot be described by a linear equation with integer coefficients since 2 is irrational. Matrix form:- Using the order of the standard form but without the restriction of coprime integer coefficients one can rewrite the equation in matrix form:Further, this representation extends to systems of linear equations. Since this extends easily to higher dimensions, it is a usual method in linear algebra, and in computer programming. In particular, there are named methods for solving simultaneous linear equations like Gauss-Jordan which can be expressed as matrix elementary row operations. Read More About :-Determinant

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