| A | B |
| ALGEBRAIC PROPORTION | AN EQUATION THAT SETS TWO RATIOS , INCLUDING VARIABLES , EQUAL TO EACH OTHER |
| SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS | TWO OR MORE LINEAR EQUATIONS . THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS : CONSISTENT , INCONSISTENT , AND DEPENDENT |
| SOLUTION TO A SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS | AN ORDERED PAIR THAT MAKES ALL THE EQUATIONS IN THE SYSTEM TRUE |
| CONSISTENT SYSTEM | A SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS THAT HAS EXACTLY ONE SOLUTION |
| INCONSISTENT SYSTEM | A SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS THAT HAS NO SOLUTION |
| DEPENDENT SYSTEM | A SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS THAT HAS AN INFINITE NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS |