👉 A contraction is a type of mathematical operation in which one or both sides of an equation are multiplied by a factor. For example, if you have two equations:
1. \( x + y = 5 \)
2. \( 3x - 2y = 7 \)
Then the contractions would be:
1. \( (x + y)
3 = 15 \)
2. \( 3x - 2y = 7 \)
3.