Grade 10 Academic (MPM2D)

Unit 1: Linear System

Creating a System of Equations
Mr. Choi

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System of Equations
Many kinds of situations can be modelled using linear
equations, such as manufacturing costs or economic trends.
Often a problem involves two unknown quantities, which can
be represented by two different variables. You may be able to
write equations, using these variables, to represent the
conditions described in the problem. When two or more
equations are used to model a problem, it is called a system of
equations. If all the equations are linear, it is called a linear
system.
2x  3y  8 A linear system in 2 unknowns consists of 2 or more
5x  2 y  1 linear equations involving 2 variables.

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Example 1
The sum of two numbers is 255. When the smaller is
subtracted from the larger, the result is 39. Create a linear
system to model this situation. You don’t need to solve it!

Let x represent the smaller number.

Let y represent the bigger number.

x  y  255 Sum of the two numbers

y  x  39 Difference between the two number

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 Example 2
Tran had $10000 to invest. She invested part of it in a term deposit paying
4% per annum and the remainder in bonds paying 5% per annum. If the
total interest after one year was $440. Create a linear system to model this
situation. You don’t need to solve it!

Let x represent the money invested in term deposit.

Let y represent the money invested in bonds.

x  y  10000 Money invested

0.04 x  0.05 y  440 Interest earned
4% of the amount 5% of the
invested in term amount invested
deposit will be in bonds will be
returned returned

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Example 3
The Richmond Hill Minor Hockey Association would like to rent a banquet
hall for their annual awards dinner. They have received two quotes.
- Tim’s Banquet Hall charges $800 to rent the room, plus $16 for each meal.
- Rock Star Palace charges $600 for the hall, plus $22 for each meal.
Create a linear system to model this situation. You don’t need to solve it!

Let C be the total cost of the meals in dollar

Let n be the number of meals served

C  16n  800 Tim' s Banquet Hall

C  22n  600 Rock Stars Party Palace

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Example 4
A riverboat took 2 h to travel 24 km down a river with the current and 3 h to
make the return trip against the current.

Create a linear system to model this situation. You don’t need to solve it!

Let b represents the speed of the boat in still water in km/h.

Let c represents the speed of the current in km/h.

Recall:
Distance 2b  c   24 (Down the river)
Speed 
Time 3b  c   24 (Up the river)
Time x Speed  Distance

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Example 5: (Method 1)
Nick drove 500 km from Windsor to Peterborough in 5 hrs. He drove part of
the way at 100 km/h, and the rest of the way at 80 km/h.

Create a linear system to model this situation. You don’t need to solve it!

Distance
Let x represents the distance travelled at 100 km/h. in km.
Let y represents the distance travelled at 80 km/h. in km.
Speed Time
Recall:
Distance x  y  500 (Distance travelled)
Speed 
Time x y
  5 (Total time)
Distance 100 80
Time  Think about:
Speed
300km at 100 km/h
How long it will take? 3 hours
Method 2 on next slide
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Example 5: (Method 2)
Nick drove 500 km from Windsor to Peterborough in 5 hrs. He drove part of
the way at 100 km/h, and the rest of the way at 80 km/h.

Create a linear system to model this situation. You don’t need to solve it!

Distance
Let x represents the time travelled at 100 km/h in hours.
Let y represents the time travelled at 80 km/h in hours.
Speed Time
Recall:
Speed 
Distance x  y  5 (Total time used)
Time 100 x  80 y  500 (Total distance travelled)

Distance  Speed x Time Think about:

100 km/h for 3 hours
How far will be travelled? 300km

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Homework
Work sheet:
Investigation activity

Text:
P. 51 #7-24
P.61 #11

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