SOLUTION: Could you please walk me through the steps writing the linear system into a matrix equation. x+y=5 , 3x-4y=8

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Question 225309: Could you please walk me through the steps writing the linear system into a matrix equation. x+y=5 , 3x-4y=8
Answer by jsmallt9(3759) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
  1. Get the equations into "standard" form: Ax + By = C. Your first equation is already in this form. All we need to do with the second is to rewrite it as an addition:
    3x + (-4y) = 8
  2. Then just write the numbers into a matrix, leaving out all the "punctuation" (addition, =, parentheses, etc.):
    +-            -+
|  1   1   5   |

|  3  -4   8   |
+-            -+

    (I apologize for the crude matrix "corners".)