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Answer: 55
Explanation:
Find the area of the entire shape: 7x9=63
Find the area of the missing piece: 8
7-3=4 9-5=4 4x4=16 16/2=8
Find the area: 63-8=55
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(x, y) = (7, -5)
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It generally works well to follow directions.
The matrix of coefficients is ...
![\left[\begin{array}{cc}2&4\\-5&3\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcc%7D2%264%5C%5C-5%263%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
Its inverse is the transpose of the cofactor matrix, divided by the determinant. That is ...
![\dfrac{1}{26}\left[\begin{array}{ccc}3&-4\\5&2\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdfrac%7B1%7D%7B26%7D%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bccc%7D3%26-4%5C%5C5%262%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
So the solution is the product of this and the vector of constants [-6, -50]. That product is ...
... x = (3·(-6) +(-4)(-50))/26 = 7
... y = (5·(-6) +2·(-50))/26 = -5
The solution using inverse matrices is ...
... (x, y) = (7, -5)
So you would take 3x1+2 that gives you 5 and you would keep the same denominator and so that would give you 5/3 then do the same to the other side which would give you 5/4 then you would times it and that would give you 2 1/12