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Also Known As	simultaneous equations

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simultaneous linear equation equation parametric equation difference equation differential equation quadratic equation linear equation algebraic equation discriminant integral equation

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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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