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Math 2301 Written Assignment 1: 2) Find All Solutions To The Following in Parametric Form in Two Ways

This document provides instructions and solutions for math problems assigned as homework. It includes solving systems of linear equations in parametric and matrix form, showing a system is inconsistent, and solving a word problem about vitamin supplements using a system of equations. The key steps and solutions are shown.

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Math 2301 Written Assignment 1: 2) Find All Solutions To The Following in Parametric Form in Two Ways

This document provides instructions and solutions for math problems assigned as homework. It includes solving systems of linear equations in parametric and matrix form, showing a system is inconsistent, and solving a word problem about vitamin supplements using a system of equations. The key steps and solutions are shown.

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Math2301WrittenAssignment1

Duedate:Friday,September18,2015
Student:GlavinWiechert,A00358331

Exercise1.1Pages78#2c),7c),9c),12,18.

2)Findallsolutionstothefollowinginparametricformintwoways.
c) 3x y + 2z = 5
SolutionProcess1)
x=s
y = 3s + 2t 5
z=t
SolutionProcess2)
x = 2t + s + 5
y=s
z=t

7)Writetheaugmentedmatrixforeachofthefollowingsystemsoflinearequations.
c)
xy+z=2
xy=1
y + 2x = 0

Firstrearrangethevariablesandtheirrespectivecoefficients,suchthatthevariablenamesarealigned.
1x 1y + 1z = 2
1x 1y = 1
2x + 1y = 0
Nowitiseasytoputintotheaugmentedmatrixform.

Answer=

9)Findthesolutionofeachofthefollowingsystemsoflinearequationsusing
augmentedmatrices.
c)
2x + 3y = 1
3x + 4y = 2
Theaugmentedmatrixis:

Wewanttoendupwithoneofthecoefficientsbeing0.
Wecandothisbysubtractingtwicethefirstequationfromdoublethesecondequation.Theresultingequationsare:
6x + 9y = 3 wasmultipliedby3
6x + 8y = 4 wasmultipliedby2
Inaugmentedmatrixform:

Aftersubtractingtheresultingsecondequationfromthefirstweareleftwith:
0x + 1y = 7
y = 7
Inaugmentedmatrixform:

Finally,subtractthesecondequationfromthefirstequation9times,resultinginthisequivalentsystem:

Whichindicatesthat 6x + 0y = 60 x = 10
Oursolutionforthissystemis:
x = 10
y = 7
Wecantestthisbysubstitution:
2(10) + 3( 7) = 1 Correct
3(10) + 4( 7) = 2 Correct

12)Showthatthesystem

isinconsistentunless c = 2b 3a .

Inaugmentedmatrixform:

Wehaveleadingoneinplace,sonowwecreateleadingzerosforcolumn1.
Subtracttwicerow1fromrow2:

Subtractrow1oncefromrow3:

Subtractrow2twicefromrow3:

Whichisequalto:

Andequalto:

Thelastrowcorrespondstoanequation 0 = c 2b + 3a = c (2b 3a) c = 2b 3a .If c =/ 2b 3a thenthereisno


solution,hencethesystemisconsistentifandonlyif c = 2b 3a .

18)Azookeeperwantstogiveananimal42mgofvitaminAand65mgofvitaminD
perday.Hehastwosupplements:thefirstcontains10%vitaminAand25%vitaminD
thesecondcontains20%vitaminAand25%vitaminD.Howmuchofeachsupplement
shouldhegivetheanimaleachday?
x = mgofsupplement1
y = mgofsupplement2
Equations:
VitaminA: 0.10x + 0.20y = 42
VitaminD: 0.25x + 0.25y = 65
Augmentedform:

Multiplythesecondrowby2:

Subtractthefirstrow5timesfromthesecondrow:

Whichresultsinthefollowingequations:
0.10x + 0.20y = 42
0.00x 0.50y = 80
Basedonthesecondequation, y = 160
Thisleavesuswiththesystemofequations:
0.10x + 0.20y = 42
1y = 160
Inaugmentedmatrixform:

Multiplythesecondrowby:

Subtractthesecondrowfromthefirstrow:

Theequationofthefirstrowis 0.10x + 0y = 10 .
10
x = 0.10
= 100

Thesolutionis:
x = 100
y = 160
Thismeansthatthezookeepershoulduse100mgofthefirstsupplementand160mgofthesecondsupplement.

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