Chapter 5: Linear Systems Section 2: Using Algebra
Topics in Algebra 1 © 2001, 2002 Texas Instruments Teacher Notes 5-31
Observations (continued)
Observation 2
Students are asked if the same left-hand sides of the equations can
equal different right-hand sides. They should be able to reason this
out using their number sense. They can then verify their answer
using algebra. They will see the verification using the elimination
method on the following screens in the application.
The second equation is multiplied by
L
1 and then the equations are
added. Multiplying by
L
1 was chosen to avoid sign errors.
Some students will want to immediately subtract the two equations.
This is also correct, but they need to be very careful to subtract each
term!
Observation 3
Students see the elimination steps on the following screens in the
application. The result screen is given below.