If you round up the 27.64 to 28 and then multiply it bye 3 it eaquals 84
This involves quite a lot of arithmetic to do manually.
The first thing you do is to make the first number in row 2 = to 0.
This is done by R2 = -3/2 R1 + R2
so the matrix becomes
( 2 1 1) ( -3 )
( 0 -13/2 3/2) (1/2 )
(5 -1 2) (-2)
Next step is to make the 5 in row 5 = 0
then the -1 must become zero
You aim for the form
( 1 0 0) (x)
(0 1 0) (y)
(0 0 1) ( z)
x , y and z will be the required solutions.
We know that
Based on the table
Percent%=[1-Decay factor]*100%
so
for decay factor=0.98
Percent%=[1-0.98]*100%----> 2%
for decay factor=0.50
Percent%=[1-0.50]*100%---->50 %
for decay factor=0.64
Percent%=[1-0.64]*100%----> 36%
for decay factor=0.23
Percent%=[1-0.23]*100%----> 77%
therefore
the answer is
36%
Answer: $3.8 per pound of food.
Step-by-step explanation: 18.24 divided by 4.8