Concept explainers
True or false:
The elimination method involves elimination of one variable by dividing the two equations, in some cases.
Answer to Problem 6SGR
False. The addition or subtraction method is used to eliminate the one variable in the elimination method.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The given statement is:
‘The elimination method involves elimination of one variable by dividing the two equations, in some cases.’
The elimination method is the method in which addition or subtraction method is used to get an equation in the one variable.
If the coefficients are opposite, use the addition and when the coefficients are same, use the subtraction.
So, the given statement gives that dividing two equations in the elimination method is used to get an equation in the one variable. It is incorrect.
Hence, the given statement is false. The corrected statement is:
‘Addition or subtraction method is used to get an equation in the one variable in the elimination method.’
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