Cool math fractal

math image

math image

pre-algebra help lessonsalgebra help lessonsprecalculus / calculus help lessonsmath anxiety survival guidegeometry math artmath and jigsaw puzzlesCoolmath booksother math stuff
math help lessonsmath practice problemsmath gamesmath dictionarygeometry trigonometry reference area
teacher's areaparent's areaCoolmath 4 kidsSpike's Game ZoneFinance FREAKTotally Stressed OutScience Monster

Coolmath Algebra
Systems of Equations 3x3's Lesson 3 - Freaky Things That Can Happen   (page 2 of 2)
---- This algebra lesson shows the freaky things that can happen when you are solving systems of 3 equations and 3 unknowns.

math image

Now available:  Coolmath Algebra books!  Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 covering the Algebra you need from Algebra 1 through Precalculus Algebra (Beginning Algebra through College Algebra)

other Coolmath Books:  Coolmath Precalculus Review (the math you really need to survive Calculus 1) and Math Survival Guide (How to conquer math and deal with math anxiety)

line
Graphing Calculator Scientific Calculator << a new window will open for these
line

The last freaky thing that can happen is that all three planes intersect in a line...

three planes which intersect in a line So, there are a ton of points along that line that work in all three equations.  An infinite number!

When you are doing the elimination method, you'll be working through...  adding those equations together...  and BOOM!

You'll get this:

0 = 0

Yeah, it's a true statement...  But not very helpful.

When this happens, you'll know that the planes all intersect in a line -- and that line IS the answer!  In some harder classes, you'll be shown how to find the equation of that line.  For now, write something like this:

"The three planes intersect in a line. 
So, there are an infinite number of solutions."

 

 

 

 The printing and distribution and/or downloading of these lessons is strictly prohibited.

line
Graphing Calculator Scientific Calculator << a new window will open for these
line

.....:::::::::::::::  HELP SUPPORT COOLMATH  :::::::::::::::.....
:::::::  link to us   :::::::   advertise with us  :::::::  why we have ads  :::::::

Thanks for visiting Coolmath.com
© 1997-2010 Coolmath.com, Inc.