Q1. The answer is x = 1, y = 1, z = 0
<span>(i) -2x+2y+3z=0
</span><span>(ii) -2x-y+z=-3
</span>(iii) <span>2x+3y+3z=5
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Sum up the first and the third equation:
</span>(i) -2x+2y+3z=0
(iii) 2x+3y+3z=5
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5y + 6z = 5
Sum up the second and the third equation:
(ii) -2x-y+z=-3
(iii) 2x+3y+3z=5
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2y + 4z = 2
(iv) 5y + 6z = 5
(v) 2y + 4z = 2
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Divide the fifth equation by 2
(iv) 5y + 6z = 5
(v) y + 2z = 1
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Multiple the second equation by -3 and sum the equation
(iv) 5y + 6z = 5
(v) -3y - 6z = -3
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2y = 2
y = 2/2 = 1
y + 2z = 1
1 + 2z = 1
2z = 1 - 1
2z = 0
z = 0
-2x-y+z=-3
-2x - 1 + 0 = -3
-2x = -3 + 1
-2x = -2
x = -2/-2 = 1
Q2. The answer is x = -37, y = -84, z = -35
<span>(i) x-y-z=-8
(ii) -4x+4y+5z=7
(iii) 2x+2z=4
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</span>Divide the third equation by 2 and rewrite z in the term of x:
(iii) x+z=2
z = 2 - x
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Substitute z from the third equation and express y in the term of x:
<span>x-y-(2-x)=-8
x - y - 2 + x = 8
2x - y = 10
y = 2x - 10
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Substitute z from the third equation and y from the first equation into the second equation:
</span><span>-4x + 4y + 5z = 7
-4x + 4(2x - 10) + 5(2 - x) = 7
-4x + 8x - 40 + 10 - 5x = 7
-x -30 = 7
-x = 30 + 7
x = -37
y = 2x - 10 = 2*(-37) - 10 = -74 - 10 = -84
z = 2 - x = 2 - 37 = -35</span>
12563 is the correct answer
9 more than y is an expression so it would be 9+y
The circumference of the top of the cake is 
in.
It sounds like the baker is trying to line the circumference with cherriesto fit as many as possible along the border, like in the picture I've attached below.
This comes down to dividing the cake's circumference by the diameter of each cherry:
or about 39 cherries, making the answer D.
<span>4x – 20 = 900
4x = 900+20
4x = 920
x = 920/4
x = 230
he earned $230
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