SOLUTION: at a local farmers market,Jane sold 27 squash,31 tomatoes,24 peppers,and 18 melons.Jose sold 48 squash,72 tomatoes,61 peppers, and 25 melons. a)Create a 2x4 matrix of this data.Na

Question 173944: at a local farmers market,Jane sold 27 squash,31 tomatoes,24 peppers,and 18 melons.Jose sold 48 squash,72 tomatoes,61 peppers, and 25 melons.
a)Create a 2x4 matrix of this data.Name this matrix P.
b)What is the address of the number of peppers that jane sold?
c)What is the address of the data stored in the second row and first column?What does this entry represent?
d)Could you have created a matrix with different dimensions from the created part a?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
at a local farmers market,Jane sold 27 squash,31 tomatoes,24 peppers,and 18 melons.Jose sold 48 squash,72 tomatoes,61 peppers, and 25 melons.
a)Create a 2x4 matrix of this data.Name this matrix P.




Or if your teacher doesn't want headings, then just use





b)What is the address of the number of peppers that jane sold?

1,3, or "Row 1, Column 3"

c)What is the address of the data stored in the second row and first column?

2,1

What does this entry represent?

The number of squash that Jose sold.


d)Could you have created a matrix with different dimensions from the created part a?

Yes, this 4x2 matrix:

 

or without headings 

Edwin

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