Answer:
The slope = 3/4
Step-by-step explanation:
m = 3/4
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.
Work out the top subtraction first:
3/9 - 8/12
= 1/3 - 2/3
= 1/3
and the bottom part:-
3/8 * 2 = 6/8 = 3/4
so now we divide -1/3 by 3/4
= -1/3 * 4/3 = -4/9
