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Setting Up Equations

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In this setting up equations worksheet, students solve 4 different problems that include setting up the equations in each problem. They write out an equation or set up an equations that describe each given situation. Then, students state whether each type of equation is scalar, algebraic, linear or non-linear, or a system.

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algebraic concepts, constant rate, linear, proportional reasoning, proportions, scalar numbers, numbers, systems of equations

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algebraic, constant rate, linear, proportional, rate of growth, scalar, system of equations, math
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12th - Higher Ed
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