The most simple type of simultaneous equations are linear. These are algebraic equations (they contain no [[derivative]]s) and linear as they only contain terms of the form ax, where a is a constant and x is one of the [[variable]]s (no [[exponential]]s or [[sine]]s etc.). An example of a system of linear equations is:
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The most simple type of simultaneous equations are linear. These are algebraic equations (they contain no [[Derivative_(calculus)|derivatives]]) and linear as they only contain terms of the form ax, where a is a constant and x is one of the [[variable]]s (no [[exponential]]s or [[sine]]s etc.). An example of a system of linear equations is: