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Question 827381: A drink sells small, medium and large cups of fruit drink for $1.50, $2.00 & $2.50. In one morning, three times as many medium cups were sold as small cups, and the number of large cups sold was 140 less than the number of medium cups. If the total of the drink sales were $1360, how many of each size cup were sold?
THANKKS :D Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source):
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x = small
y = medium
z = large
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y = 3x
z = y - 140
1.5x + 2y + 2.5z = 1360
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put the system of linear equations into standard form:
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3x - y = 0
y - z = 140
1.5x + 2y + 2.5z = 1360
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solution:
x = small = 114
y = medium = 342
z = large = 202
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system matrix
3 -1 0
0 1 -1
1.5 2 2.5
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inverse of system matrix
0.3 0.16666667 0.066666667
-0.1 0.5 0.2
-0.1 -0.5 0.2
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determinant of system matrix = 15
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