Sol

uti
onofWor
dPr
obl
emsusi
ngGauss-
Jor
danMet
hod
Exampl
e1
AliandSaraar
eshoppingf
orchocol
atebars.Al
iobserves,“
IfIaddhalfmy
moneyt oyour
s,i
twi
llbeenoughtobuytwochocolatebars.
”Saranaivel
yasks,
“I
fIaddhalfmymoneyt oyour
s,howmanycanwebuy ?”Alirepl
ies,
“One
chocolat
ebar.
”Howmuchmoneydi dAlihave?

Sol
uti
on: Let a=Ali
’
smoney
s=Sar
a’smoney
c=Costofchocol
ate

{
1
a+s=2c-
--
-→(1)
2
1
a+ s=c--
--
-→(2)
2

{
Or a+2s=4c
2a+s=2c

Theaugment
edmat
ri
xis

[12 21 42cc]
[10 -23 -46cc] ~~~~~~~~~~~ R2-
2R1 212c

2 4 8c

[10 21 42cc] ~~~~~~~~~~~

1
-R2
3

[10 01 20c] ~~~~~~~~~~~ R1-

2R2

Sol
uti
oni
s(a,
s)=(
0,2c)
.ItmeansAl
ihasnomoney
.
Exampl
e2
Thr eeAl
to,t
woSuzuki ,andfourCi
tycanberentedf or$106perday.Atthesame
ratestwoAlto,fourSuzuki,
andthr
eeCitycost$I07perday ,
whereasfourAlt
o,
threeSuzuki,andtwoCi t
ycost$102perday.Fi
ndt herentalr
atesforal
lthr
ee
kindsofcars?

Sol
uti
on:
3a+2s+4c=106
2a+4s+3c=107
4a+3s+2c=102
I
tsAugment
edmat
ri
xis

[ ]
3 2 4 :106
2 4 3 :
107
4 3 2 :102

[ ]
1 -
2 1 : -
1
2 4 3 :
107 ~~~~~~~~~~~ R1-
R2
4 3 2 :102

[ ]
1 -
2 1 : -
1
0 8 1 :109 ~~~~~~~~~~~ R2-
2R1
4 3 2 :
102

[ ]
1 -2 1 :-
1
0 8 1 :109 ~~~~~~~~~~~ R3-
4R1
0 11 -
2 :106

[ ]
1 -2 1 :-
1
0 -3 3 :3 ~~~~~~~~~~~ R2-
R3
0 11 -
2 :106

[ ]
1 -2 1 :-
1
1
0 1 -1 :-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~ -R3
3
0 11 -
2 :106

[ ]
1 -
2 1 :-1
0 1 -
1 :-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~ R3-
11R2
0 0 9 :
117

[ ]
1 -
2 1 :-1
1
0 1 -
1 :-
1 ~~~~~~~~~~~ R
93
0 0 1 :
13
 [ ]
1 -
2 1 :-1
0 1 0 :
12 ~~~~~~~~~~~ R2+R3
0 0 1 :13

[ ]
1 -
2 0 :
-14
0 1 0 :
12 ~~~~~~~~~~~ R1-
R3
0 0 1 :13

[ ]
1 0 0 :10
0 1 0 :
12 ~~~~~~~~~~~ R1+2R3
0 0 1 :13
Hence,
ther
ent
alr
atesf
orAl
to,Suzuki,andCit
ycar
sar
e$10,
$12and$13per
day,respecti
vel
y.
Exampl
e3
Ar est
aur
antownerpl anst ousext ablesseati
ng4,yt abl
esseating6andz
tabl
esseati
ng8,forat otal20tables.Whenf ull
yoccupi
ed,thet
ablesseat108
customer
s.Ifonl
yhalfofthextables, halfoft
heytabl
esandone-fourt
hofthez
tabl
esareused,eachfull
yoccupied,then46cust omerswil
lbeseated.Fi
ndx,y
,
andz.

Sol
uti
on:
x+y+z=20
4x+6y+8z=108

() () ()
x y z
4 +6 +8 =46
2 2 4
Si
mpl
i
fyi
ngt
hesy
stem,
wehav
e
x+y+z=20
2x+3y+4z=54
2x+3y+2z=46
.
.
.
Theansweri
s:x=10,
y=6andz=4
Wor
ktodo:
Q1.Studentsarebuyingbooksf orthenew semester
.Asmabuy sthel
inearalgebra
bookandt hediff
erenti
alequati
onbookf or$178.Aiman,whoi sbuyi
ngbooksf or
hersel
fand herfri
end,spends$319ont wo l
inearal
gebr
abooks,onedi ff
erenti
al
equati
on book,and one educati
onalpsychol
ogybook.Sara buysthe educati
onal
psychol
ogybookandt hediff
erenti
alequat
ionbookfor$147int
otal
.Howmuchdoes
eachbookcost?

Q2.Asoapmanuf acturerwant
stospend60Lacr upeesonradi
o,magazine,
and
TVadv ert
ising.IfhespendsasmuchonTVadv ert
isementasonmagazinesand
radi
otoget her,andtheamountspendonmagazi nesandTVcombi nedequal
s5
ti
mest hatspentonr adi
o,whati
stheamounttobespentoneacht ypeof
advert
isi
ng?

Q3.Thr eemer chantsfindapur selyingintheroad.Onemer chantsays“I

fIkeep
thepur se,Ishallhavet wiceasmuchmoneyast hetwoofy outogether
”.“Giv
e
met hepurseandIshal lhavethreet i
mesasmuchast hetwoofy outogether
”,
saidt hesecondmer chant.Thethi r
dmer chantsaid,“Ishal
lbemuchbet teroff
thanei t
herofy ouifIkeept hepur se,Ishal
lhavef i
vetimesasmuchast hetwo
ofy out oget
her.”Ift
her eare60coi ns(ofequalvalue)inthepurse,how much
moneydoeseachmer chanthave?