Linear combination

In math, a linear combination is the sum of multiplying each value in a set by a constant.

Example

For a set $\{x,y\}$, the linear combination can be anything in the pattern $a*x+b*y$.

In this example, $a$ and $b$ are the constants.

Related pages

• Linear algebra

References

• Weisstein, Eric W. "Linear Combination". mathworld.wolfram.com. Retrieved 2019-10-02.