Types of Equations and Examples

There are various types of equations, such as,

Linear equation

Equation with one variable

Equation with two variables

Equation with three variables

Polynomial equation

Monomial Equations

Binomial Equation

Trinomial Equation

Quadratic equation

Trigonometric equation

Radical equation

Exponential equation

Rational equation

types of mathematical equations

1. Linear Equation:

A linear equation is an algebraic equation. In linear equation, each term is either a constant or the
product of a constant and a single variable. If there are two variables, the graph of linear equation is a
straight line.

General form of the linear equation with two variables is given below:-

y = mx + c, m ≠ 0.

Equation with one Variable: An equation who have only one variable, e.g.

12x – 10 = 0

12x = 10
Equation with two Variables: An equation who have two variables, e.g.

12x +10y – 10 = 0

12x +23y = 20

Equation with three Variables: An equation who have three variables, e.g.

12x +10y -3z – 10 = 0

12x +23y – 12z = 20

2.Polynomial Equation:

Polynomial Equation can be expressed in terms of monomial, binomial, trinomial and higher order
polynomials. It may contain on both positive and negative values. Polynomials may also contains on
decimal values.

Types of Polynomial Equations

There are following three types of polynomial equations:

Monomial Equations

Binomial Equations

Trinomial Equations

Monomial Equations: The polynomial equations which has only one term is called as monomial
equations. e.g.

12x = 0

-2xy = 0

Binomial Equations: The polynomial equations which has two terms is called as binomial equations. e.g.

12x2 + 4y2 = 0

27x2 – 19 = 0
Trinomial Equations: The polynomial equations which has three terms is called as trinomial equations.
e.g.

10xy + 23y – 2x = 0

3x3 – 3 + 2x = 0

3. Quadratic Equation:

It is the second degree equation in which one variable contains the variable with an exponent of 2. Its
general form is

ax2 + bx + c = 0, a ≠ 0

Examples of Quadratic Equations:

x2 – 7x + 12 = 0

2x2 – 5x – 12 = 0

4. Trigonometric equation:

These equations contains a trigonometric function. So, first we must have to introduce the trigonometric
functions to explore them thoroughly. Only few simple trigonometric equations can be solved without
any use of calculator but not at all. In some cases, inverse trigonometric functions are valuable.

5. Radical Equation:

It is an equation whose maximum exponent on the variable is 1/2 and have more than one term or a
radical equation is an equation in which the variable is lying inside a radical symbol usually in a square
root.

Examples of Radical equations:

x1/2 + 14 = 0

(x+2)1/2 + y – 10

6. Exponential equation:
It is an equation who have variables in the place of exponents. This can be solved using the property:
ax=ay=> x = y.

Examples of exponential euqations

xa = 0 Here “x” is base and “a” is exponent.

10x =0

8a = 64

7. Rational Equations:

A rational equation is one that involves rational expressions.

Example of Rational Equations:

x/4 = (x+12)/12