Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Systems and Matrices - 9.3 Determinant Solution of Linear Systems - 9.3 Exercises - Page 888: 108

Answer

$$\left\{ {\left( {{{b - ab} \over {1 - ab}},{{a - ab} \over {1 - ab}}} \right)} \right\}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & x + by = b \cr & ax + y = a \cr & {\rm{Given \,the\, system}} \cr & \left\{ {\matrix{ {{a_1}x + {b_1}y = {c_1}} \cr {{a_2}x + {b_2}y = {c_2}} \cr } } \right. \cr & D = \left| {\matrix{ {{a_1}} & {{b_1}} \cr {{a_2}} & {{b_2}} \cr } } \right|,\,\,\,{D_x} = \left| {\matrix{ {{c_1}} & {{b_1}} \cr {{c_2}} & {{b_2}} \cr } } \right|,\,\,{D_y} = \left| {\matrix{ {{a_1}} & {{c_1}} \cr {{a_2}} & {{c_2}} \cr } } \right| \cr & {\rm{First\, find\, }}D,{\rm{ If }}D \ne 0,\,{\rm{ then\, find\, }}{D_x}{\rm{ and }}{\,D_y} \cr & D = \left| {\matrix{ 1 & b \cr a & 1 \cr } } \right| = 1 - ab \cr & {D_x} = \left| {\matrix{ b & b \cr a & 1 \cr } } \right| = b - ab \cr & {D_y} = \left| {\matrix{ 1 & b \cr a & a \cr } } \right| = a - ab \cr & {\rm{Using \,the\, Cramer's\, rule}} \cr & x = {{{D_x}} \over D} = {{b - ab} \over {1 - ab}} \cr & \,\,y = {{{D_y}} \over D} = {{a - ab} \over {1 - ab}} \cr & {\rm{The\, solution\, set\, is}} \cr & \left\{ {\left( {{{b - ab} \over {1 - ab}},{{a - ab} \over {1 - ab}}} \right)} \right\} \cr} $$
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