Assignment 1

Solve the following linear systems by both the Elimination and Gauss
Question 1
Elimination Method. Also, explain the solution geometrically.

(i) x + 2y + z = 12
5x + 2y - 3z = 1
2x + y - z = 2

(ii) 2x - y + z = 3
5x + 2y - 3z = 1
2x + y - z = 2

(iii) x + 2y + z = 12
2x - 2y - z = 6
x + 2y - z = 2

(iv) 4x - 4y + 8z = 20
8x + 4y - 4z = 4
12x - 8y - 12z = -40

(v) x + 2y + z = 0
3x + 2y -z = 4
-x + 2y + 3z = -4

Question 2

The first table shows points awarded by the judges at the New England Sheep
and Wool Fair for each competition. The second table shows the degree of
difficulty of each piece.
a. Create matrices to organize the given information.
b. Find the total score for each contestant.
 Points Awarded Degree of Difficulty
Contesta WallH Clothin Rug Category Mad Devy Ali
nt anging g ison n
Madison 16.5 18 17.5 Wall Hanging 2 3 2
Devyn 12.5 14.0 17.0 Clothing 3 3 1
Ali 16.0 19.5 18.0 Rug 2 2 1

Question 3
The charges for hiring a car from three different companies, based on the number
of days for which a car is hired and/or the number of kilometers for which the car
is driven are as follows: John needs to hire a car for 4 days to drive 560
kilometers. Company A charges $66 per day. Company B charges 48 cents on per
kilometer driven. Company C charges $30 per day and 25 cents on per kilometer
driven
a. Write down two matrices only such that the elements of their
product under matrix multiplication give the charge of hiring a car
from the three different companies.
b. Find this product. Hence state the company that John should hire the
car from in order to save cost
Question 4
Karen Sandberg, your competitor in Suburban State U’s T-shirt market, has
apparently been undercutting your prices and outperforming you in sales. Last
week she sold 100 tie dye shirts for $10 each, 50 (low quality) Crew shirts at $5
apiece, and 70 Lacrosse T-shirts for $8
each. Use matrix operations to calculate her total revenue for
the week.

Question 5

Recall the Left Coast Bookstore chain from the preceding section. In January, it
sold 700 hardcover books, 1300 softcover books, and 2000 plastic books in San
Francisco; it sold 400 hardcover, 300 softcover, and 500 plastic books in Los
Angeles. Now, hardcover books sell for $30 each, softcover books sell for $10
each, and plastic books sell for $15 each. Write a column matrix with the price data
and show how matrix multiplication (using the sales and price
data matrices) may be used to compute the total revenue at the
two stores.