Marcus du Sautoy uses combinations of peaches and plums and a set of scales, to show how simultaneous equations can be solved. This method didn’t appear in the West until the 19th century, but had ...

In some simultaneous equations neither the two coefficients of \(x\) nor the coefficients of \(y\) match. You will need to find numbers to multiply each equation by so that one pair of coefficients ...

Okay, so I know that as soon as someone tells me what method to use, I'm gonna instantly remember it, but right now, I can think of only 1 way to solve simultaneous equations, and that doesn't work so ...