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Resource type Cramer's rule
Cramer's rule can be used to solve simultaneous equations using determinants. This leaflet states and illustrates the rule. (Engineering Maths First Aid Kit 5.2)
Resource type Matrices - solving two simultaneous equations
Matrices 8: This leaflet explains how matrices can be used to solve a pair of simultaneous equations. There is an accompanying video tutorial.
Resource type Using the inverse matrix to solve equations
This leaflet explains how simultaneous linear equations can be solved by calculating the inverse of an appropriate matrix. (Engineering Maths First Aid Kit 5.6)

Test Yourself (3)

Resource type Maths EG
Computer-aided assessment of maths, stats and numeracy from GCSE to undergraduate level 2. These resources have been made available under a Creative Common licence by Martin Greenhow and Abdulrahman Kamavi, Brunel University.
Resource type Solving simultaneous equations using matrices - Numbas
1 question. Solve a pair of linear equations in two unknowns by writing an equivalent matrix equation. Numbas resources have been made available under a Creative Commons licence by Bill Foster and Christian Perfect, School of Mathematics & Statistics at Newcastle University.
Resource type Systems of linear equations - Numbas
3 questions. First, two equations in two unknowns; second 3 equations in 3 unknowns, solved by Gauss elimination. The third, two equations in 2 unknowns solved by putting into matrix form and finding the inverse of the coefficient matrix. Numbas resources have been made available under a Creative Commons licence by Bill Foster and Christian Perfect, School of Mathematics & Statistics at Newcastle University.

Video (1)

Resource type Matrices - solving two simultaneous equations
Matrices 8: This video tutorial explains how matrices can be used to solve a pair of simultaneous equations. There is an accompanying help leaflet.