Meaning & use
system of equations
A set of two or more equations with the same variables, solved together to find shared values.
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To solve the system of equations, she substituted the value of y from the first equation into the second.
The word problem required setting up a system of equations to find both unknown prices.
A note on using this word
A math term; solutions are the values that satisfy every equation in the set at once.
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