curriculum: Alberta

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Linear Relations

Solving Linear Relations

Solving linear relationships involves determining what the value of the variable is. I will usually tell students the first step is to move everything with a variable on one side of the equal sign and all the numbers to the other side of the equal sign.

First Differences

What are first differences? When given a function or a table of values representing a function, looking at the first difference can help you determine what kind of relationships there is between the variables and hence what function the points represent.