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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. \left[\begin{array}{rr}-0.2 & 1.4 \\ 1.2 & -0.4\end{array}\right]

62. \left[\begin{array}{rr}\frac{1}{2} & -\frac{1}{2} \\ -\frac{1}{4} & \frac{3}{4}\end{array}\right]

63. \left[\begin{array}{ccc}12 & 9 & -6 \\ -1 & 3 & 2 \\ -4 & -3 & 2\end{array}\right]

64. \left[\begin{array}{lll}2 & 1 & 3 \\ 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 3 & 2 & 1\end{array}\right]

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

65.
0.3 x-0.1 y=-10
-0.1 x+0.3 y=14

66.
0.4 x-0.2 y=-0.6
-0.1 x+0.05 y=0.3

67.

\begin{array}{r} 4 x+3 y-3 z=-4.3 \\ 5 x-4 y-z=-6.1 \\ x+z=-0.7 \end{array}

68

-2x - 3y _2 z=3

-x+2 y+4 z=-5

-2 y+5 z=-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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