Writing the Given Word Problem in the Form of Augmented Matrices.
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Mathematics, Algebra
| Author: | Homework Help Classof1 | ISBN: | 1230000114884 |
| Publisher: | Classof1 | Publication: | March 13, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Homework Help Classof1 |
| ISBN: | 1230000114884 |
| Publisher: | Classof1 |
| Publication: | March 13, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
"A group of students decides to sell pizzas to help raise money for their senior class trip. They sold pepperoni for $12, sausage for $10, and cheese for $8. At the end of their sales the class sold a total of 600 pizzas and made $5900. The students sold 175 more cheese pizzas than sausage pizzas. Set up a system of three equations and three unknowns, use an augmented matrix to solve.
a. What are the three unknowns?
b. Write a separate equation representing each of the first three sentences.
c. Determine the augmented matrix that represents the three equations.
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"A group of students decides to sell pizzas to help raise money for their senior class trip. They sold pepperoni for $12, sausage for $10, and cheese for $8. At the end of their sales the class sold a total of 600 pizzas and made $5900. The students sold 175 more cheese pizzas than sausage pizzas. Set up a system of three equations and three unknowns, use an augmented matrix to solve.
a. What are the three unknowns?
b. Write a separate equation representing each of the first three sentences.
c. Determine the augmented matrix that represents the three equations.
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