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9.5E: Solving Systems with Inverses (Exercises)

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For the following exercises, find the inverse of the matrix.

61. [0.21.41.20.4]

62. [12121434]

63. [1296132432]

64. [213123321]

For the following exercises, find the solutions by computing the inverse of the matrix.

65.
0.3x0.1y=10
0.1x+0.3y=14

66.
0.4x0.2y=0.6
0.1x+0.05y=0.3

67.

4x+3y3z=4.35x4yz=6.1x+z=0.7

68

2x3y2z=3

x+2y+4z=5

2y+5z=3

For the following exercises, write a system of equations to solve each problem. Solve the system of equations.

69. 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?

70. A sorority held a bake sale to raise money and sold brownies and chocolate chip cookies. They priced the brownies at $2 and the chocolate chip cookies at $1. They raised $250 and sold 175 items. How many brownies and how many cookies were sold? ?


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