Let's call the fuel consumption of the first car "x" and the second car "y"
x + y = 35 is the total fuel consumed.
20x + 25y = 775 is the distance traveled.
Solve the two equations. Skipping a few steps, I get
5y = 75. Therefore y = 15. So y used 15 gallons of gas. Therefore x used 20 gallons.
20 gallons, 15 gallons.
Answer:
92
Step-by-step explanation:
(-20,-57)-(-6,-9)=(-26,-66)
-26+-66=-92
|-92|
The answer is 42 because 14x3 is 42
You cannot add row 2 to column 3 because they have different dimensions. You can do any of the other operations, but the only one that makes any sort of sense is ...
Multiply row 2 by -1 and add it to row 3
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It makes no sense to multiply a row by zero. That makes the entire row zero and makes the matrix useless for finding any sort of solution.
You can switch columns, but that doesn't get you any closer to a solution here.
If I were trying to find a solution, I might
switch rows 1 and 2
multiply the new row 1 by -3 and add it to the new row 2
multiply the new row 1 by 2 and add it to row 3
This sequence of operations will make the first column [1 0 0], reducing the problem to 2×2 from 3×3.
