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System of Linear Equations

A system of linear equations consists of two or more linear equations that are grouped together and considered simultaneously. In written notation, a brace (curly bracket) is used on the left side to indicate that the equations form a single system. For example:

{2x+y=7x2y=6\left\{\begin{array}{l} 2x + y = 7 \\ x - 2y = 6 \end{array}\right.

is a system of two linear equations in two unknowns. Because each individual linear equation in two variables has infinitely many solutions — its graph is an entire line — the purpose of grouping them into a system is to find the values of the variables that satisfy all of the equations at the same time.

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