Systems of Equations Resources
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Games and Tools
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This is a neat 3D function grapher and allows you to see functions in 3D space. This is helpful in visualizing an equation that has an x, y, and z variable.
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Graph lines, inequalities, systems of equations, this calculator can do it all.
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Baller! Play some hoops with this Systems of Equations game modeled after a basketball game. This game can take 2 or 4 players.
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Do you want to double check your matrix calculations? Here's a nice online matrix calculator that has everything including transpose and inverse matrix operations.
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Here's another matrix calculator if you don't have a calculator that can do matrix operations. This one is very user-friendly!
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This coolio toolio can do elementary row operations on a matrix! It was developed at Hofstra University and allows you to type in a matrix, multiply rows by a number and add to different rows. It will even reduce the matrix and swap rows.
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This is the gold standard for calculating things and crunching numbers. Wolfram Alpha can even take an algebraic fraction and decompose it into partial fractions.
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The folks at hotmath explain elementary row operations. This will be helpful if you need some more examples when solving systems of equations with matrices.
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Here's a step by step guide on how to decompose partial fractions – for dummies. Yet another link to help develop your knowledge of this complicated topic.
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Paul has some good notes here about solving systems of non-linear equations. He delves into some advanced problems involving complex roots.