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John bought 2 5-pound bags of candy to share with his classmates. If there are 25 students in johns class, how much candy will e

ach student recieve

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Paha777 [63]3 years ago

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Hello,

If you have 2 5-pound bags of candy, that means you have 2 * 5 = 10 pounds of candy to share with the class.

As there are 25 students to share the candy with, divide 10 / 25 = 2/5 of a pound

Each student will receive 2/5 of a pound of candy.

Hope this helps!

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Solving a system of linear equations using matrix method, we may define a system of equations with the same number of equations as variables as:

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where X is the matrix representing the variables of the system, B is the matrix representing the constants, and A is the coefficient matrix.

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$X=A^{-1}B$

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The constant matrix is:

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