18.06 Linear Algebra
Age 11Sample11-year-old · 6th grade

Where two paths meet

From The Geometry of Linear Equations · Gilbert Strang

Two rules at once are two paths. The solution is where they meet — if they meet.

Original lecture on MIT OpenCourseWare

Before this sitting

Can you already do this?

Two quick checks on “you will be able to…”. Right on both and this sitting becomes mixed practice, not a lecture. Wrong is useful — we keep the full sitting.

  1. One linear equation in two unknowns is…

  2. x + y = 3 and x + y = 10, together, have…