document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=429060>Question 429060</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this. I have tried several times but I am missing something or doing a step wrong. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me solve the determinants.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 3y + z =  4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     3x - z = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 2y + 2z = -5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #298104 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Gogonati><B>Gogonati(855)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Gogonati><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Gogonati><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=298104\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solution:We rewrite the system:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28z=3x%2B3%2C+5x%2B3y=1%2C+7x-2y=-11%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28z=3x%2B3%2C+5x%2B3y=1%2C+7x-2y=-11%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >The two last equations obtained a linear\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "system of two variables which we know to find its solutions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%285x%2B3y=1%2C7x-2y=-11%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%285x%2B3y=1%2C7x-2y=-11%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,Its solution is: (-31/21,-134/63)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute to find z=3x+3=3(-31/21)+3=-30/21\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:The solution is the ordered triple (-31/21, -134/63, -30/21).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Done. </SPAN>\n" );
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