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CaHeK987 [17]
3 years ago
5

A flu epidemic is spreading through a town of 48,000 people. It is found that if x and y denote the numbers of people sick and w

ell in a given week respectively.
And if s and w denote the corresponding numbers for the following week, then

1/3 x + ¼ y = s

2/3 x + ¾ y = w

1) write this system of equations in a matrix form

2)Suppose that 13,000 people are sick in a given week. how many were sick the preceding week?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Liula [17]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

a) The simultaneous equation represented in matrix form, is

[1/3 1/4] [x] = [s]

[2/3 3/4] [y] = [w]

Ax = B

[1/3 1/4] = matrix A (matrix of coefficients)

[2/3 3/4]

[x] = matrix x (matrix of unknowns)

[y]

[s] = matrix B (matrix of answers)

[w]

b) Number of sick people the preceding week = 12005

Step-by-step explanation:

x = Number of sick people in a week

y = Number of people that are well in a week

s = Number of sick people the following week

w = Number of people that are well the following week.

The relationship between these is given as

(1/3)x + (1/4)y = s

(2/3)x + (3/4)y = w

In matrix form, this is simply presented as

[1/3 1/4] [x] = [s]

[2/3 3/4] [y] = [w]

which is more appropriately written as

Ax = B

where

[1/3 1/4] = matrix A (matrix of coefficients)

[2/3 3/4]

[x] = matrix x (matrix of unknowns)

[y]

[s] = matrix B (matrix of answers)

[w]

b) Taking the current conditions as s and w, then the preceding week will be x and y

The number of sick people in this week, s = 13000

The number of people well in this week, w = total population - Number of sick people.

w = 48000 - 13000 = 35000

So, the simultaneous equation becomes

(1/3)x + (1/4)y = 13000

(2/3)x + (3/4)y = 35000

Then we can solve for the number of sick and well people the preceding week.

We can solve normally or use matrix solution.

Ax = B

x, the matrix of unknowns is given by product of the inverse of A (inverse of the matrix of coefficients) and B (matrix of answers)

x = (A⁻¹)B

But, solving normally,

(1/3)x + (1/4)y = 13000

(2/3)x + (3/4)y = 35000

x = 12004.8 = 12005

y = 35995.2 = 35995

Number of sick people the preceding week = x = 12005

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