Answer: 16
Step-by-step explanation:
2x3x2+4
6x2+4
12+4
16!
Answer:
The reduced row-echelon form of the linear system is ![\left[\begin{array}{cccc}1&0&-5&0\\0&1&3&0\\0&0&0&1\end{array}\right]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cleft%5B%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bcccc%7D1%260%26-5%260%5C%5C0%261%263%260%5C%5C0%260%260%261%5Cend%7Barray%7D%5Cright%5D)
Step-by-step explanation:
We will solve the original system of linear equations by performing a sequence of the following elementary row operations on the augmented matrix:
- Interchange two rows
- Multiply one row by a nonzero number
- Add a multiple of one row to a different row
To find the reduced row-echelon form of this augmented matrix
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You need to follow these steps:
- Divide row 1 by 2

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- Subtract row 1 from row 2

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- Subtract row 1 multiplied by 5 from row 3

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- Subtract row 2 multiplied by 3 from row 1

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- Subtract row 2 multiplied by 3 from row 3

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- Multiply row 2 by 2

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- Divide row 3 by −19

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- Subtract row 3 multiplied by 16 from row 1

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- Add row 3 multiplied by 6 to row 2

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First step of the equation is to simplify the equation 2a • b = a2 + b2 into 2 ab = a2 + b2. This cannot be factored anymore although. when we try to substitute a with 5 and b with 2, the answer in the right hand side of the equation is -9. hence the answer to this problem is false. we can try another values to verify.
Step-by-step explanation:
First, we define the variables:
x: number of years after 1950
f (x): amount of vinyl sold.
Then, with the variables defined, we have:
68594 vinyl records were sold in 1958 ---------> f (8) = 68594
91299 vinyl records were sold in 1961 ---------> f (11) = 91299
38720 vinyl records were sold in 1952 ---------> f (2) = 38720
161743 vinyl records were sold in 1967 ---------> f (17) = 161743