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Lesson 1-1: Systems & Linear Programming

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Objective:

The student will be able to solve systems of linear equations and linear programming problems, including setting up a system of constraints, graphing the system, and identifying the optimum values.

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Animation

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Puzzles and
Problems tangram

Graphical solutions of solving equations

Two straight lines y=mx+c and y=nx+d are displayed.
The x coordinate of the point at which the lines intersect (indicated by the green arrow) will be the solution to the equation: mx+c = nx+d
Move points B and C. When do the fruits change?
How many solutions can such equations have? At most? At least?

Modified by Steven Lapinski, Created with GeoGebra

Linear Programming

This link takes you to a linear programming problem with a complete solution, created by EDC, funded by the NSF. edc.org