Name: ________________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: ________

Systems of Linear Equations: Method #1 Graphing

Review!: Slope
What is a slope of a linear equation?

When a line is written in __________________________________, m is the slope.

The variable m is the _______________________ of the x.
The slope is a __________________________________. (It can be written as a fraction). The
_____________________ indicates the rise and the ________________________
indicates the run.

What does the slant of the line tell you about the slope?
Slants ______________, ______________ slope
Slants ______________, ______________ slope

Review!: Graphing Linear Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

How do you graph linear equations in slope-intercept form?

1. Find the y-intercept. It should be the ______________________ in the equation.

2. Mark the y-intercept using a point on your graph.

3. With the slope, find the next few points.

4. With a ruler, draw a straight line that passes through the points graphed.
Warm-Up: Graphing Lines in Slope-Intercept Form
1) y = 2x + 6 2) y = -x/4 -3

Lyrics to All I Do is Solve (WSHS Math Rap Song)

All I Do Is Solve

(Chorus)

All I do is solve solve solve no matter what Got systems on my mind, I can never get enough And every
time I step up in the classroom All my students' hands go up! And they stay there And they say yeah And
they stay there Up down, up down, up down Cause all I do is solve solve solve And if you solving it put
your hands in the air make em stay there!

(Verse 1: Mr. Schultz) GRAPHING It's Schultz going in on the verse Cause I'm solving this system and I
won't stop now Get your heads up, eyes on the screen cause I got three ways to get the problem locked
down It never went no where But they saying math is back Sometimes equations are easy That's when I
like to graph And I'm on this systems track, so I spit my graphing flow The lines slant up or down, like
lines with slope should go So graph your first line, now graph the other one too The intersection is your
answer, that's all you've got to do Sometimes lines are the same That's infinite solutions Sometimes
they never touch, no common points producing Been solving all the time, at South we represent Cause
all I do, all I, all I, all I do is...

(Chorus)

(Verse 2: Mr. Murphy) ELIMINATION It's time for me to roll roll elimination's here sometimes graphing is
a no no when the lines don't cross real clear, so I put down my graph paper my students wanna
eliminate, they see it, they say oh boy! Tell Murphy line it up, On the top and bottom row, Make
coefficients both the same, Get one plus, the other minus Those are the rules of this game Multiply or
divide! That's the only way to get your coefficients right! These additive inverses wipe out x or y!
 Whatever's easier is what you have to decide! (All we do is solve!) You solve for x (x!) Now you solve y
(y!) Eliminate with me...cause I'm always solving right

(Chorus)

(Verse 3: Mr. Winner) SUBSTITUTION Math in the classroom, variables on the stove Equations getting
heated, systems getting solved Winner is the teacher, math overload I've been using substitution since I
was 13 years old Get x or y alone on em An expression is what you get on em Lock it up, block it up,
that's the way, you chalk it up Pardon me I'm teaching up, the pressure up, check it bruh Plug this in
with us Like a cord in a socket One variable now is all you have Solve it up, do the math Find its value,
take it back The other variable is what you have Time and time again, when I'm solving systems Dub
South says it best, just solve baby solve

(Chorus)

What is a system of equations?

A ____________________________________________ is a set or collection of __________________
that you deal with all together at once. ________________________ (ones that graph as straight lines)
have one of the three possible solutions.

Types of Solutions
Consistent Systems: One Solution
Graph to find the solution of system of equations.
1) y = -5x/3 + 3 2) y = -x/2 -1
y = x/3 3 y = x/4 - 4

How is the intersection of two lines a solution for each of those lines?

The point of intersection is an ordered pair that satisfies

each of the lines. In the first example, (3, -2), when x = 3,
y will be -2 for both equations. Lets check!

Equation #1 Equation #2

y = -5x/3 + 3 y = x/3 3

(-2) = ______ + 3 Substitute (-2) = ______ - 3

-2 = _____ + 3 Simplify -2 = _____- 3

-2 = ___ +3 Simplify -2 = -2

-2 = -2 Simplify
Consistent Systems: Infinite Solutions
Graph to find the solution of system of equations.

1) y = -15x/3 + 3 2) y = 6x/2 -1
y = -5x + 3 y = 3x - 1

What did you notice about the graphs from the previous example?

The graphs ___________________________________________________ because they were

the same!
In the case of _______________________________________, the system of equations will have
the same line across the board!

Inconsistent Systems: No Solutions

Graph to find the solution of system of equations

1) y = -2x/3 + 5 2) y = 5x + 3
y = -2x/3 - 5 y = 5x - 2
What did you notice about the graphs for each of the systems of linear equations?

__________________________________________________________

How would you classify these lines?

___________________________________________________________________

Why is it the case that there is no solution for these lines?

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

Exit Ticket
Graph this system of equations and determine its solution. Decide whether the system is consistent or
inconsistent.

y = -1

y = -5x/2 + 4