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Equations versus Identities (Understanding Solutions to Linear Equations)  


Course Topic(s): Developmental Math | Modeling: Dev Math | Linear Equations | Functions

This worksheet leads students to discover the differences between linear equations and identities. The well formulated questions force students to employ critical thinking. The activity involves both algebraic and graphing approaches, and definitely emphasizes a conceptual understanding of the material. website: http://www.mathedpage.org/ copyright information: http://www.mathedpage.org/rights.html.

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Subject classification(s): Equations | Algebra | Algebra and Number Theory

This resource was cataloged by Bohdan Rhodehamel

Publisher:
Developmental Mathematics Collection

Resource copyright: CC BY-NC-SA

This review was published on December 14, 2011

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