Sunday, January 18, 2015

how do you solve simultaneous equations using matrices?

To solve simultaneous equations using matrices we can use
Cramer's Rule.


Let us consider a set of two simultaneous
equations.


ax + by = e and cx + dy =
f


In matrix notation the equations are written
as:


`|~` a b `~|` `|~`x`~|` = `|~` e
`~|`


`|__` c d `__|` `|__`y`__|` `|__` f
`__|`


x = det [b  e , f  d] / det[a  b , c 
d]


y = det [a  e , c  f] / det[a  b , c 
d]


The method can be extended to be used for systems of
equations with a larger number of variables also.

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