Let’s look at a system of two equations in two unknowns. We have encountered this topic many times in earlier years, and we have a number of ways to ‘solve’ the system.
Before we go on, let’s solve this system of equations in two different ways that we already know about.
First Method. If we had seen these two equations in middle school, we would have said “Those are the equations of two lines. Two (non-parallel) lines intersect in a point.” And you would be right. We can indeed graph these two lines. One goes through the origin, while the other does not. Using the graphical method, we can identify the point of intersection as the point 
Second Method. (You may know this as Gaussian Elimination; if not, don’t worry ). Note that by solving this system of equations, we are finding the intersection point of two lines, just like before.
If we multiply equation (2) by 2, we can then add equations (1) and (2) together in order to eliminate the 
Knowing that 
We are now ready to start thinking about this same problem viewed through the lens of linear algebra.
Sorry about the attempt at a pretentious title to this post. Unfortunately, this software does not permit italics in post titles. Italics would have been the tipoff that the title is in a foreign language. In Latin, it means “in the middle of things”. It comes up a lot in epic poetry, and describes a literary technique in which a story begins as the action is well underway (instead of “at the beginning”).