Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 10 - Section 10.6 - Determinants and Cramer's Rule - 10.6 Exercises - Page 743: 43

Answer

$(0.6, -0.4)$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Based on the Cramer’s Rule, with the given equations, we can define the following determinants: $\begin{array}( \\|D|= \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{vmatrix} 1 &-6\\3 &2 \end{vmatrix}, \begin{array}( \\|D_x|= \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{vmatrix} 3 &-6\\1 &2 \end{vmatrix}, \begin{array}( \\|D_y|= \\ \\ \end{array} \begin{vmatrix} 1 &3\\3 &1 \end{vmatrix}$ Step 2. Evaluate the above determinants: $|D|=1\times2-(-6\times3)=20$, $|D_x|=3\times2-(-6\times1)=12$, $|D_y|=1\times1-(3\times3)=-8$ Step 3. Find the solutions as: $x=\frac{|D_x|}{|D|}=\frac{3}{5}=0.6$, $y=\frac{|D_y|}{|D|}=-\frac{2}{5}=-0.4$
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