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Cool Math

Coolmath: Determinants for 3x3's Method 1

For Students 6th - 9th
Discover one method to use determinants for 3x3s.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Determinants for 3x3's Method 2

For Students 6th - 9th
Examine the second method to use determinants for 3x3s.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Cramer's Rule for 3x3's

For Students 6th - 9th
Use this tutorial to learn how Cramer's Rule works for 3 x 3.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: 2 X 2 Determinants Cruncher

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice problems that include determinants and Cramer's Rule for 2x2 systems.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Solving 3 X 3 Systems of Equations Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This CoolMath resource provides practice with solving 3 x 3 systems of equations by using Cramer's Rule.
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Math Notes and Math Tests

Pre Calculus Notes: Applications of Determinants [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The tutorial discusses applications of determinants. Students learn about Cramer?s rule, determinants, area, and volume. The resource consists of class notes and examples with solutions.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Cramer's Rule

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from MathWorld discusses Cramer's Rule with regard to nondegenerate solutions. The site contains links to important topics such as the determinant and the page gives the vector analog of Cramer's Rule for the three dimensional...
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Application of Determinant to Systems: Cramer's Rule

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how the determinant is used for Cramer's Rule.
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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Development of Analysis on the Continent

For Students 9th - 10th
This page of brief biographies taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics," includes a paragraph on the life and work of Gabriel Cramer of "Cramer's Rule," fame.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Cramer's Rule

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart shows how to solve a system of equations using Cramer's Rule.
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Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Determinants

For Students 9th - 10th
Using determinants and Cramer's Rule, systems of two and three variables are solved step by step. Several examples are presented to demonstrate how Cramer's Rule is used.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Determinants

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete lesson on matrix determinants is offered here. From explanation of what a determinant is to how to find the determinant of a 2x2 or 3x3 matrix. Steps are written in and shown for the student or teacher's use. Also provided are...
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Cramer's Rule

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Cramer's Rule for solving a system of equations is presented here using an example of a system in three variables with three equations. The "everything," approach of solving for all three variables is shown as well as the "selective,"...
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Determinants and Cramer's Rule for 2x2 Systems

For Students 6th - 9th
Study this tutorial to find out how to use determinants and Cramer's rule to solve 2x2 systems.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Cramer's Rule in Action

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a specific example of Cramer's Rule. The site does not explain why Cramer's Rule works, yet does a fair job of expressing the method to reach the answers.