Save Our Satellite - Simultaneous Equations: Trying to find a real life example of where we might solve simultaneous equations graphically I came up with this. Students have to plot to linear graphs and find the point of impact. You could bring in Pythagoras and find out if the two bodies were travelling at the same speed would they actually collide, but I wanted to keep the worksheet to one side of A4.
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Cool. Nice little activity to have a go at solving equations graphically. Note that the equations are given by two points rather than explicitly but this could easily be changed if desired.
This is an excellent activity to consolidate solving simultaneous equations graphically. Students are given coordinates to draw a straight line and find the point of intersection with another line. You could easily extend this activity by giving students the equation of the lines rather than coordinates to join up. As suggested you could bring in speed using Pythagoras. You could then return to this example when solving simultaneous equations algebraically. Great, thank you for sharing such a good idea.
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