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| Question 17820:  Please help I have no idea how to do this problem: Use Cramer's Rule to solve each system.
 
 1. 2x+y=4
 3x-y=6
 
 
 
 
 2. 2x+3y+ z= 5
 x+y-2z= -2
 -3x   +z=-7
 Answer by venugopalramana(3286)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website!  2x+y=4 3x-y=6
 make a deteminant with coefficients of x (2,3)and y(1,-1) in the 2 eqns.call it C.(Actually for a determinant as you know ,the numbers are contained in vertical bars at either end like |xx|,but in the following the bars are omitted due to difficulty in depiction.you may assume the bars are present)
 C=
  =2*(-1)-(1*3)=-5 ..now use the constants (4,6)to replace coefficients of x(2,3) in the above determinant C...call it CX..
 CX=
  =4*(-1)-1*6=-4-6=-10 ..now use the constants (4,6)to replace coefficients of y(1,-1) in the above determinant C...call it CY..
 CY=
  =2*6-3*4=12=12=0 ..now cramers rule says that
 
  ..so we get x/(-10)=y/0=1/-5
 x=-10/-5=10/5=2
 y=0/-5=0
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 so using the above method you can do the next problem ..here due to presence of 3 variables you will get 3rd.order determinants...4 in all...namely C,CX,CY and CZ,the last formula also extends to include z ,
 
  .. but the procedure is same ..
 2x+3y+ z= 5
 x+y-2z= -2
 -3x +z=-7 ...
 ...just to give you the idea
 C=
  ..and CZ=
  ..etc..hope you can work out the rest 
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