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simultaneous equations

Noun B2 – Upper-Intermediate

Two or more equations that share the same variables and must all be true at the same time.

"She solved the simultaneous equations to find the exact price of one apple and one orange."

You can solve simultaneous equations by substitution or elimination, both of which reduce the problem to one equation in one unknown.