Linear equations use one or more variables where one variable is dependent on the

other. Almost any situation where there is an unknown quantity can be represented
by a linear equation, like figuring out income over time, calculating mileage rates, or
predicting profit. Many people use linear equations every day, even if they do the
calculations in their head without drawing a line graph

Variable Costs

Imagine that you are taking a taxi while on vacation. You know that the taxi service
charges $9 to pick your family up from your hotel and another $0.15 per mile for the
trip. Without knowing how many miles it will be to each destination, you can set up a
linear equation that can be used to find the cost of any taxi trip you take on your trip.
By using "x" to represent the number of miles to your destination and "y" to represent
the cost of that taxi ride, the linear equation would be: y = 0.15x + 9.

Rates

Linear equations can be a useful tool for comparing rates of pay. For example, if one
company offers to pay you $450 per week and the other offers $10 per hour, and both
ask you to work 40 hours per week, which company is offering the better rate of pay?
A linear equation can help you figure it out! The first company's offer is expressed as
450 = 40x. The second company's offer is expressed as y = 10(40). After comparing
the two offers, the equations tell you that the first company is offering the better rate of
pay at $11.25 per hour.

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 Coordinate system (Cartesian Coordinate System )

Coordinate system  is a system of two perpendicular axes, usually labeled x and y. It is an

important tool in modern math from algebra to calculus, and scientists frequently use it to
visualize the relationship between two variables in their data.

X=( horizontally) it is called abscissa

Y (vertically) it called ordinate
(x, y) pair of numbers y

II (x , y) I ( x, y) (+ , +)

(- , + )

III ( x, Y ) x

(-,-) IV ( x, y) (+ , - )
Equations can have more than one variable. Equations with two variables may be of the
form  Ax + By + C = 0 . Equations of this form are called linear equations in two
variables.

Linear Equation

Linear equations have infinitely many solutions. For every number that is substituted
for x  there is a corresponding y value. This pair of values is a solution to the linear
equation and is represented by the ordered pair (x , y ). When we substitute these
values of   x and  y  into the equation, the result is a true statement, because the value
on the left side is equal to the value on the right side.

Note : x is referred to as the independent variable

y is referred to as the dependent variable