Oh man, this is the easiest college level math question that I could find as a middle schooler. I would say 8, but it's probably the wrong answer, so um bye.
Answer:
ok bud look in this link
Step-by-step explanation:
ly/hshsuu3727 that has your answer and it looks pretty legit
For this question the answer is x= 5, -1
Answer:
x=4, y=4, λ=-16
Step-by-step explanation:
We have this 3x3 system of linear equations:
λ
λ

So, let's rewrite the system in its augmented matrix form
![\left[\begin{array}{cccc}4&0&1&0\\0&4&1&0\\1&1&0&8\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcccc%7D4%260%261%260%5C%5C0%264%261%260%5C%5C1%261%260%268%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
Let´s apply row reduction process to its associated augmented matrix:
Swap R1 and R3
![\left[\begin{array}{cccc}1&1&0&8\\0&4&1&0\\4&0&1&0\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcccc%7D1%261%260%268%5C%5C0%264%261%260%5C%5C4%260%261%260%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
R3-4R1
![\left[\begin{array}{cccc}1&1&0&8\\0&4&1&0\\0&-4&1&-32\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcccc%7D1%261%260%268%5C%5C0%264%261%260%5C%5C0%26-4%261%26-32%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
R3+R2
![\left[\begin{array}{cccc}1&1&0&8\\0&4&1&0\\0&0&2&-32\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcccc%7D1%261%260%268%5C%5C0%264%261%260%5C%5C0%260%262%26-32%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
Now we have a simplified system:
x+y+0=0
0+4y+λ=0
0+0+2λ=-32
Solving for λ, x, and y
λ=-16
x=4
y=4
Given the table below comparing the marginal benefit Lucinda gets from
Kewpie dolls and Beanie Babies.
![\begin{tabular} {|p {2cm}|p {2cm}|p {2cm}|p {2cm}|} \multicolumn {4} {|c|} {Lucinda's Kewpie Doll and Beanie Baby Marginal Benefits}\\[1ex] \multicolumn {2} {|c|} {Kewpie Dolls}&\multicolumn {2} {|c|} {Beanie Babies}\\[1ex] 1&\$15.00&1&\$12.00\\ 2&\$12.00&2&\$10.00\\ 3&\$9.00&3&\$8.00\\ 4&\$6.00&4&\$6.00\\ 5&\$3.00&5&\$4.00\\ 6&\$0.00&6&\$2.00\\ \end{tabular}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbegin%7Btabular%7D%0A%7B%7Cp%20%7B2cm%7D%7Cp%20%7B2cm%7D%7Cp%20%7B2cm%7D%7Cp%20%7B2cm%7D%7C%7D%0A%5Cmulticolumn%20%7B4%7D%20%7B%7Cc%7C%7D%20%7BLucinda%27s%20Kewpie%20Doll%20and%20Beanie%20Baby%20Marginal%20Benefits%7D%5C%5C%5B1ex%5D%0A%5Cmulticolumn%20%7B2%7D%20%7B%7Cc%7C%7D%20%7BKewpie%20Dolls%7D%26%5Cmulticolumn%20%7B2%7D%20%7B%7Cc%7C%7D%20%7BBeanie%20Babies%7D%5C%5C%5B1ex%5D%0A1%26%5C%2415.00%261%26%5C%2412.00%5C%5C%0A2%26%5C%2412.00%262%26%5C%2410.00%5C%5C%0A3%26%5C%249.00%263%26%5C%248.00%5C%5C%0A4%26%5C%246.00%264%26%5C%246.00%5C%5C%0A5%26%5C%243.00%265%26%5C%244.00%5C%5C%0A6%26%5C%240.00%266%26%5C%242.00%5C%5C%0A%5Cend%7Btabular%7D)
<span>If
lucinda has only $18 to spend and the price of kewpie dolls and the
price of beanie babies are both $6,
Lucinda will buy the combination for which marginal benefit is the same.
Therefore, Lucinda will buy </span><span>2 kewpie dolls and 1 beanie baby,</span><span>
if she were rational.</span>