Question 1

Find the determinant of   by the method of expansion by cofactors using column 3.Show your work.

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Question 2

Evaluate the determinant by expanding by cofactors.

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Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find the determinant of the matrix

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Use a determinant to find the area of the triangle shown below.

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Question 5

Find the determinant of the matrix below.Expand by cofactors on the row or column that appears to make the computations easiest.

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A)  -20 
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D)  456 
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Question 6

Evaluate the expression.

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Question 7

Which of the following   upper triangular matrices has a determinant equal to 16.

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Question 8

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find the inverse of the matrix   (if it exists).

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Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to evaluate the expression.

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Question 12

A convention planning service has identified three suitable hotels for a convention.The quoted room rates are for single, double, triple, and quadruple occupancy.The current cost for each type of room at each hotel is represented by the matrix     where the columns correspond to each hotel and the rows correspond to single, double, triple, and quadruple occupancy respectively.If room rates are guaranteed not to increase by more than 5% by the time of the convention, what is the maximum rate per room per hotel?

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Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find AB, if possible.

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Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find the determinant of the matrix

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If possible, find 4A + 2B.

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Solve the system of linear equations   using an inverse matrix.

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Determine whether the two systems of linear equations yield the same solutions.If so, find the solutions using matrices.

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A)  x = -2, y = 8, z = -3 
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The determinant   is the equation of a line through the points   and   Use this formula to find the equation of the line passing through the points   and

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Two competing companies offer cable television to a city with 100,000 households.Gold Cable Company has 25,000 subscribers and Galaxy Cable Company has 15,000 subscribers.The percent changes in cable subscriptions each year are shown in the matrix below   where the columns are percent changes from Gold, from Galaxy, and from Nonsubscriber respectively and the rows are percent changes to Gold, to Galaxy, and to Nonsubscriber respectively.Find the number of subscribers Gold Cable will have in two years using matrix multiplication.

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A)  45,250 
B)  22,250 
C)  32,500 
D)  36,040 
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B)  22,250 
C)  32,500 
D)  36,040 
E)  36,250

Find the determinant of by the method of expansion by cofactors using column 3.Show your work.

Evaluate the determinant by expanding by cofactors.

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find the determinant of the matrix

Use a determinant to find the area of the triangle shown below.

Find the determinant of the matrix below.Expand by cofactors on the row or column that appears to make the computations easiest.

Evaluate the expression.

Which of the following upper triangular matrices has a determinant equal to 16.

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find the inverse of the matrix (if it exists).

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to evaluate the expression.

Find

Find the determinant of

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find AB, if possible.

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find the determinant of the matrix

If possible, find 4A + 2B.

Solve the system of linear equations using an inverse matrix.

Determine whether the two systems of linear equations yield the same solutions.If so, find the solutions using matrices.

The determinant is the equation of a line through the points and Use this formula to find the equation of the line passing through the points and

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to solve the following system of linear equations:

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Exam 6: Matrices and Determinants

Find the determinant of by the method of expansion by cofactors using column 3.Show your work.

Evaluate the determinant by expanding by cofactors.

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find the determinant of the matrix

Use a determinant to find the area of the triangle shown below.

Find the determinant of the matrix below.Expand by cofactors on the row or column that appears to make the computations easiest.

Evaluate the expression.

Which of the following upper triangular matrices has a determinant equal to 16.

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find the inverse of the matrix (if it exists).

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to evaluate the expression.

Find

Find the determinant of

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find AB, if possible.

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to find the determinant of the matrix

If possible, find 4A + 2B.

Solve the system of linear equations using an inverse matrix.

Determine whether the two systems of linear equations yield the same solutions.If so, find the solutions using matrices.

The determinant is the equation of a line through the points and Use this formula to find the equation of the line passing through the points and

Use the matrix capabilities of a graphing utility to solve the following system of linear equations:

Fundamental Concepts of Algebra

Equations and Inequalities

Functions and Graphs

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Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

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