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Would you rather have 1/3 of a cake or 0.3? Use mathematical reasoning to justify your choice?

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Vinil7 [7]3 years ago

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1/3 because if you cut a cake into 3 parts you will have a lot more but 0.3 of a cake is not a lot.

Ber [7]3 years ago

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1/3 because if you cut a cake into 3 parts you will have a lot more but 0.3 of a cake if you think about it its not to much. Hope this helps! :)

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Let $t_i$ be the time for the $i$ th task.

We know these times have a certain structure:

Any 3 adjacent tasks will take half as long as the next two tasks.

In the form of an equations we have

$t_1+t_2+t_3=\frac{1}{2}t_4+\frac{1}{2}t_5 \\\\t_2+t_3+t_4=\frac{1}{2}t_5+\frac{1}{2}t_6$

The second task takes 1 second $t_2=1$

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So, we have the following system of equations:

$t_1+t_2+t_3-\frac{1}{2}t_4-\frac{1}{2}t_5=0 \\\\t_2+t_3+t_4-\frac{1}{2}t_5-\frac{1}{2}t_6=0\\\\t_2=1\\\\t_4=10$

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$\left[ \begin{array}{cccccc|c} 1 & 1 & 1 & - \frac{1}{2} & - \frac{1}{2} & 0 & 0 \\\\ 0 & 1 & 1 & 1 & - \frac{1}{2} & - \frac{1}{2} & 0 \\\\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 10 \end{array} \right]$

b) To reduce this augmented matrix to reduced echelon form, you must use these row operations.

Subtract row 2 from row 1 $\left(R_1=R_1-R_2\right)$ .
Subtract row 2 from row 3 $\left(R_3=R_3-R_2\right)$ .
Add row 3 to row 2 $\left(R_2=R_2+R_3\right)$ .
Multiply row 3 by −1 $\left({R}_{{3}}=-{1}\cdot{R}_{{3}}\right)$ .
Add row 4 multiplied by $\frac{3}{2}$ to row 1 $\left(R_1=R_1+\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)R_4\right)$ .
Subtract row 4 from row 3 $\left(R_3=R_3-R_4\right)$ .

Here is the reduced echelon form for the augmented matrix.

$\left[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & \frac{1}{2} & 15 \\\\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & - \frac{1}{2} & - \frac{1}{2} & -11 \\\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 10 \end{array} \right]$

c) The additional rows are

$\begin{array}{ccccccc} 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 20 \\\\ 1 & 1 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 50 \end{array} \right$

and the augmented matrix is

$\left[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & \frac{1}{2} & 15 \\\\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & - \frac{1}{2} & - \frac{1}{2} & -11 \\\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 10 \\\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 20 \\\\ 1 & 1 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 50 \end{array} \right]$

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Subtract row 1 from row 6 $\left(R_6=R_6-R_1\right)$ .
Subtract row 2 from row 6 $\left(R_6=R_6-R_2\right)$ .
Subtract row 3 from row 6 $\left(R_6=R_6-R_3\right)$ .
Swap rows 5 and 6.
Add row 5 to row 3 $\left(R_3=R_3+R_5\right)$ .
Multiply row 5 by 2 $\left(R_5=\left(2\right)R_5\right)$ .
Subtract row 6 multiplied by 1/2 from row 1 $\left(R_1=R_1-\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)R_6\right)$ .
Add row 6 multiplied by 1/2 to row 3 $\left(R_3=R_3+\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)R_6\right)$ .

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