document.write( "Question 143785: Solve the following system of equations for the unknown variables.
\n" ); document.write( "3x + 3y = 3
\n" ); document.write( "-3x – 2z = -11
\n" ); document.write( "y + z = -1
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I'm going to solve this with matrices. You could solve this through substitution among other methods as well...
\n" ); document.write( "3 3 0 3
\n" ); document.write( "-3 0 -2 -11
\n" ); document.write( "0 1 1 -1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "R1+R2--->\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3 3 0 3
\n" ); document.write( "0 3 -2 -8
\n" ); document.write( "0 1 1 -1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1/3R1--->\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1 1 0 1
\n" ); document.write( "0 3 -2 -8
\n" ); document.write( "0 1 1 -1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1/3R2-->
\n" ); document.write( "1 1 0 1
\n" ); document.write( "0 1 -2/3 -8/3
\n" ); document.write( "0 1 1 -1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-R2+R3-->
\n" ); document.write( "1 1 0 1
\n" ); document.write( "0 1 -2/3 -8/3
\n" ); document.write( "0 0 5/3 5/3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-R2+R1-->
\n" ); document.write( "1 0 2/3 11/3
\n" ); document.write( "0 1 -2/3 -8/3
\n" ); document.write( "0 0 5/3 5/3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3/5R3-->
\n" ); document.write( "1 0 2/3 11/3
\n" ); document.write( "0 1 -2/3 -8/3
\n" ); document.write( "0 0 1 1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2/3R3+R2-->
\n" ); document.write( "1 0 2/3 11/3
\n" ); document.write( "0 1 0 -2
\n" ); document.write( "0 0 1 1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-2/3R3+R1-->
\n" ); document.write( "1 0 0 3
\n" ); document.write( "0 1 0 -2
\n" ); document.write( "0 0 1 1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We can now read off the solution set:
\n" ); document.write( "{3,-2,1}.
\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( "3(3) + 3(-2) = 9-6=3
\n" ); document.write( "-3(3) – 2(1) = -9-2=-11
\n" ); document.write( "-2 + 1 = -1
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