11.8 Solving Systems with Cramer's Rule
Determinants of 2x2 and 3x3 matrices, solutions written as ratios of determinants, and what a zero determinant signals.
Algebra and Trigonometry 2e, 11.8 Solving Systems with Cramer's Rule
95 exercises
11.8 Exercise 1
Use Cramer’s rule to solve the system of equations.
Finding the Determinant of a 2 × 2 Matrix
Find the determinant of the given matrix.
Using Cramer’s Rule to Solve a 2 × 2 System
Solve the following system using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 7
Use Cramer’s Rule to solve the 2 × 2 system of equations.
Finding the Determinant of a 3 × 3 Matrix
Find the determinant of the 3 × 3 matrix given
11.8 Exercise 9
Find the determinant of the 3 × 3 matrix.
Solving a 3 × 3 System Using Cramer’s Rule
Find the solution to the given 3 × 3 system using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 11
Use Cramer’s Rule to solve the 3 × 3 matrix.
Illustrating Properties of Determinants
Illustrate each of the properties of determinants.
Using Cramer’s Rule and Determinant Properties to Solve a System
Find the solution to the given 3 × 3 system.
11.8 Exercise 16
Explain why we can always evaluate the determinant of a square matrix.
11.8 Exercise 18
Explain what it means in terms of an inverse for a matrix to have a 0 determinant.
11.8 Exercise 20
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 22
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 24
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 26
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 28
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 30
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 32
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 34
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 36
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 38
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 40
Solve the system of linear equations using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 42
Solve the system of linear equations using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 44
Solve the system of linear equations using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 46
Solve the system of linear equations using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 48
Solve the system of linear equations using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 50
Solve the system of linear equations using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 52
Solve the system of linear equations using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 54
Solve the system of linear equations using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 56
Solve the system of linear equations using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 58
Solve the system of linear equations using Cramer’s Rule.
11.8 Exercise 60
Use the determinant function on a graphing utility.
11.8 Exercise 62
Use the determinant function on a graphing utility.
11.8 Exercise 64
Create a system of linear equations to describe the behavior. Then, calculate the determinant. Will there be a unique solution? If so, find the unique solution.
Two numbers add up to 56. One number is 20 less than the other.
11.8 Exercise 66
Create a system of linear equations to describe the behavior. Then, calculate the determinant. Will there be a unique solution? If so, find the unique solution.
Three numbers add up to 106. The first number is 3 less than the second number. The third number is 4 more than the first number.
11.8 Exercise 68
Create a system of linear equations to describe the behavior. Then, solve the system for all solutions using Cramer’s Rule.
You invest $10,000 into two accounts, which receive 8% interest and 5% interest. At the end of a year, you had $10,710 in your combined accounts. How much was invested in each account?
11.8 Exercise 70
Create a system of linear equations to describe the behavior. Then, solve the system for all solutions using Cramer’s Rule.
A theater needs to know how many adult tickets and children tickets were sold out of the 1,200 total tickets. If children’s tickets are $5.95, adult tickets are $11.15, and the total amount of revenue was $12,756, how many children’s tickets and adult tickets were sold?
11.8 Exercise 72
Create a system of linear equations to describe the behavior. Then, solve the system for all solutions using Cramer’s Rule.
You decide to paint your kitchen green. You create the color of paint by mixing yellow and blue paints. You cannot remember how many gallons of each color went into your mix, but you know there were 10 gal total. Additionally, you kept your receipt, and know the total amount s…
11.8 Exercise 74
Create a system of linear equations to describe the behavior. Then, solve the system for all solutions using Cramer’s Rule.
Your garden produced two types of tomatoes, one green and one red. The red weigh 10 oz, and the green weigh 4 oz. You have 30 tomatoes, and a total weight of 13 lb, 14 oz. How many of each type of tomato do you have?
11.8 Exercise 76
Create a system of linear equations to describe the behavior. Then, solve the system for all solutions using Cramer’s Rule.
At the same market, the three most popular fruits make up 37% of the total fruit sold. Strawberries sell twice as much as oranges, and kiwis sell one more percentage point than oranges. For each fruit, find the percentage of total fruit sold.
11.8 Exercise 78
Create a system of linear equations to describe the behavior. Then, solve the system for all solutions using Cramer’s Rule.
A movie theatre sold tickets to three movies. The tickets to the first movie were $5, the tickets to the second movie were $11, and the third movie was $12. 100 tickets were sold to the first movie. The total number of tickets sold was 642, for a total revenue of $6,774. How m…
11.8 Exercise 80
For the “hiking” mix, there are 1,000 pieces in the mix, containing 390.8 g of fat, and 165 g of protein. If there is the same amount of almonds as cashews, how many of each item is in the trail mix?
11.8 Exercise 82
Determine whether the ordered pair is a solution to the system of equations.
and
11.8 Exercise 84
Use substitution to solve the system of equations.
11.8 Exercise 86
Use substitution to solve the system of equations.
11.8 Exercise 88
Use addition to solve the system of equations.
11.8 Exercise 90
Write a system of equations to solve each problem. Solve the system of equations.
A factory has a cost of production and a revenue function What is the break-even point?
11.8 Exercise 92
Solve the system of three equations using substitution or addition.
11.8 Exercise 94
Solve the system of three equations using substitution or addition.
11.8 Exercise 96
Solve the system of three equations using substitution or addition.
11.8 Exercise 98
Solve the system of three equations using substitution or addition.
11.8 Exercise 100
Write a system of equations to solve each problem. Solve the system of equations.
Three odd numbers sum up to 61. The smaller is one-third the larger and the middle number is 16 less than the larger. What are the three numbers?
11.8 Exercise 102
Solve the system of nonlinear equations.
11.8 Exercise 104
Solve the system of nonlinear equations.
11.8 Exercise 106
Solve the system of nonlinear equations.
11.8 Exercise 112
Decompose into partial fractions.
11.8 Exercise 114
Decompose into partial fractions.
11.8 Exercise 116
Decompose into partial fractions.
11.8 Exercise 118
Decompose into partial fractions.
11.8 Exercise 120
11.8 Exercise 122
11.8 Exercise 124
11.8 Exercise 126
11.8 Exercise 128
11.8 Exercise 130
11.8 Exercise 132
Write the system of linear equations from the augmented matrix. Indicate whether there will be a unique solution.
11.8 Exercise 134
Write the augmented matrix from the system of linear equations.
11.8 Exercise 136
Write the augmented matrix from the system of linear equations.
11.8 Exercise 138
Solve the system of linear equations using Gaussian elimination.
11.8 Exercise 140
Solve the system of linear equations using Gaussian elimination.
11.8 Exercise 142
Find the inverse of the matrix.
11.8 Exercise 144
Find the inverse of the matrix.
11.8 Exercise 146
Find the solutions by computing the inverse of the matrix.
11.8 Exercise 148
Find the solutions by computing the inverse of the matrix.
11.8 Exercise 150
Write a system of equations to solve each problem. Solve the system of equations.
Students were asked to bring their favorite fruit to class. 90% of the fruits consisted of banana, apple, and oranges. If oranges were half as popular as bananas and apples were 5% more popular than bananas, what are the percentages of each individual fruit?
11.8 Exercise 152
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 154
Find the determinant.
11.8 Exercise 156
Use Cramer’s Rule to solve the linear systems of equations.
11.8 Exercise 158
Use Cramer’s Rule to solve the linear systems of equations.
11.8 Exercise 160
Use Cramer’s Rule to solve the linear systems of equations.
11.8 Exercise 162
Is the following ordered pair a solution to the system of equations?
with
11.8 Exercise 164
Solve the systems of linear and nonlinear equations using substitution or elimination. Indicate if no solution exists.
11.8 Exercise 166
Solve the systems of linear and nonlinear equations using substitution or elimination. Indicate if no solution exists.
11.8 Exercise 168
Solve the systems of linear and nonlinear equations using substitution or elimination. Indicate if no solution exists.
11.8 Exercise 170
Solve the systems of linear and nonlinear equations using substitution or elimination. Indicate if no solution exists.
11.8 Exercise 174
Write the partial fraction decomposition.
11.8 Exercise 176
Perform the given matrix operations.
11.8 Exercise 178
Perform the given matrix operations.
11.8 Exercise 180
Perform the given matrix operations.
11.8 Exercise 182
Perform the given matrix operations.
Rewrite the system of linear equations as an augmented matrix.
11.8 Exercise 184
Use Gaussian elimination to solve the systems of equations.
11.8 Exercise 186
Use the inverse of a matrix to solve the systems of equations.
11.8 Exercise 188
Use Cramer’s Rule to solve the systems of equations.
11.8 Exercise 190
Solve using a system of linear equations.
A factory producing cell phones has the following cost and revenue functions: and What is the range of cell phones they should produce each day so there is profit? Round to the nearest number that generates profit.
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