document.write( "Question 1084344: Consider the following invertible matrix A, and vector B.\r
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document.write( "Your matrix\r\n" );
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document.write( "№	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5	b\r\n" );
document.write( "1	2	4	4	3	8	3\r\n" );
document.write( "2	7	10	10	5	2	5\r\n" );
document.write( "3	1	6	8	7	5	7\r\n" );
document.write( "4	5	5	4	10	5	10\r\n" );
document.write( "5	5	1	7	6	3	6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write down the main matrix and find its determinant\r\n" );
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document.write( "№	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5\r\n" );
document.write( "1	2	4	4	3	8\r\n" );
document.write( "2	7	10	10	5	2\r\n" );
document.write( "3	1	6	8	7	5\r\n" );
document.write( "4	5	5	4	10	5\r\n" );
document.write( "5	5	1	7	6	3\r\n" );
document.write( "D = -16605\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the 1st column of the main matrix with the solution vector and find its determinant\r\n" );
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document.write( "№	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5\r\n" );
document.write( "1	3	4	4	3	8\r\n" );
document.write( "2	5	10	10	5	2\r\n" );
document.write( "3	7	6	8	7	5\r\n" );
document.write( "4	10	5	4	10	5\r\n" );
document.write( "5	6	1	7	6	3\r\n" );
document.write( "D1 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the 2nd column of the main matrix with the solution vector and find its determinant\r\n" );
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document.write( "№	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5\r\n" );
document.write( "1	2	3	4	3	8\r\n" );
document.write( "2	7	5	10	5	2\r\n" );
document.write( "3	1	7	8	7	5\r\n" );
document.write( "4	5	10	4	10	5\r\n" );
document.write( "5	5	6	7	6	3\r\n" );
document.write( "D2 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the 3rd column of the main matrix with the solution vector and find its determinant\r\n" );
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document.write( "№	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5\r\n" );
document.write( "1	2	4	3	3	8\r\n" );
document.write( "2	7	10	5	5	2\r\n" );
document.write( "3	1	6	7	7	5\r\n" );
document.write( "4	5	5	10	10	5\r\n" );
document.write( "5	5	1	6	6	3\r\n" );
document.write( "D3 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the 4th column of the main matrix with the solution vector and find its determinant\r\n" );
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document.write( "№	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5\r\n" );
document.write( "1	2	4	4	3	8\r\n" );
document.write( "2	7	10	10	5	2\r\n" );
document.write( "3	1	6	8	7	5\r\n" );
document.write( "4	5	5	4	10	5\r\n" );
document.write( "5	5	1	7	6	3\r\n" );
document.write( "D4 = -16605\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace the 5th column of the main matrix with the solution vector and find its determinant\r\n" );
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document.write( "№	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5\r\n" );
document.write( "1	2	4	4	3	3\r\n" );
document.write( "2	7	10	10	5	5\r\n" );
document.write( "3	1	6	8	7	7\r\n" );
document.write( "4	5	5	4	10	10\r\n" );
document.write( "5	5	1	7	6	6\r\n" );
document.write( "D5 = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "x1 = D1 / D = 0 / (-16605) = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "x2 = D2 / D = 0 / (-16605) = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "x3 = D3 / D = 0 / (-16605) = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "x4 = D4 / D = (-16605) / (-16605) = 1\r\n" );
document.write( "x5 = D5 / D = 0 / (-16605) = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solution set:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x1 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "x2 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "x3 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "x4 = 1\r\n" );
document.write( "x5 = 0\r\n" );
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