diff --git a/Module_1a_linear_algebra_inverse.ipynb b/Module_1a_linear_algebra_inverse.ipynb
index acd6535..c04f0b3 100644
--- a/Module_1a_linear_algebra_inverse.ipynb
+++ b/Module_1a_linear_algebra_inverse.ipynb
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
     "### E<sub>2</sub> elimination\n",
-    "To remove `y` from the first equation matrix, we write our second slimination matrix\n",
+    "To remove `y` from the first equation matrix, we write our second elimination matrix\n",
     "\n",
     "$$ E_{2} = \\begin{bmatrix}1 & 3/7\\\\ 0 & -1/7\\end{bmatrix} $$\n",
     "\n",