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CHAPTER
Study Guide
3
PREVIEW What’s the chapter about?
Chapter 3 is about systems of linear equations and inequalities. In Chapter 3
you’ll learn
• how to solve linear systems in two or three variables by graphing and by using
algebraic methods.
• how to write and use linear systems to solve real-life problems.

K E Y VO C A B U L A RY

 Review • substitution method, p. 148 • ordered triple, p. 170

• solution of an equation in two
variables, p. 69
• solution of a linear inequality
in two variables, p. 108
 New
• system of two linear equations
in two variables, p. 139
• linear combination method, • linear equation in three
p. 149 variables, p. 171
• system of linear inequalities, • function of two variables,
p. 156 p. 171
• linear programming, p. 163 • system of three linear
• three-dimensional coordinate equations in three variables,
system, p. 170 p. 177

PREPARE Are you ready for the chapter?

SKILL REVIEW Do these exercises to review key skills that you’ll apply in this
chapter. See the given reference page if there is something you don’t understand.
Check whether the ordered pair is a solution of the given equation or
STUDENT HELP
inequality. (Review p. 69; Example 1, p. 108)
Study Tip 2
“Student Help” boxes 1. y = x º 4, (0, 4) 2. x = º3, (º3, 1) 3. 5x + y = 10, (1, 5)
3
throughout the chapter
give you study tips and 4. y ≥ 0, (º4, 5) 5. 2x º 3y > 6, (6, 2) 6. x + y ≤ 3, (º7, 9)
tell you where to look for
extra help in this book Graph in a coordinate plane. (Review Examples 1–5, pp. 83–85; Examples 2 and 3, p. 109)
and on the Internet. 1
7. y = x + 1 8. 2x + 5y = 20 9. y = 3
2
10. x ≥ º2 11. y < ºx 12. x º 3y ≥ 9

Here’s a
STUDY
STRATEGY study strategy! Building on Previous Skills
Many of the ideas and skills you
will learn in
Chapter 3 directly build upon
those in Chapter 2.
As you study Chapter 3, make
a list of important
ideas and skills. To help you un
derstand the new
material, review the related ide
as
Chapter 2. Write these in a sec and skills from
ond column.

138 Chapter 3