Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.4 Applications of Determinants - 3.4 Exercises - Page 136: 18

Answer

The system can be solved by using Cramer's Rule: $x_1=-3$ and $x_2=4$

Work Step by Step

The coefficient matrix is $A=\left[\begin {array}{cc} 2&-1\\ 3&2 \end{array}\right]$ and $|A|=7 \neq0 $. Then $ A$ is a nonsingular matrix such that $AX=B$, where $X=\left[\begin {array}{c} x_1\\ x_2 \end{array}\right]$ and $B=\left[\begin {array}{c} -10\\ -1 \end{array}\right]$ since $A$ is a nonsingular matrix, then we can use Cramer's Rule to solve the linear system. Thus the linear system has the unique solution $x_1=|A_1|/|A|$ and $x_2=|A_2|/|A|$ where $A_1=\left[\begin {array}{c} -10&-1\\ -1&2 \end{array}\right]$ $A_2=\left[\begin {array}{c} 2&-10\\ 3&-1 \end{array}\right]$ and then $|A_1|=-21 $ and $|A_2|=28$ therefore, $x_1=|A_1|/|A|=-21/7=-3$ and $x_2=|A_2|/|A|=28/7=4$
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