WORKSHEET IN SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS

NAME: _____________________________________
SECTION: ____________

I. Answer the following problems. Solution is required. (5 points each)

3 6 12
1. Express the matrix [ ] in row-echelon form.
2 −3 7

1 1 5
2. Express the matrix [0 2 6] in reduced echelon form.
1 2 8

3. Solve the given system of linear equations using Gaussian Elimination.

x + y + 2z = 7
2x – 3z = -10
2y + 3z = 8

4. Solve the given system of linear equations using Gauss-Jordan Elimination.

–x + y + 2z = 1
2x + 3y + z = –2
5x + 4y + 2z = 4

II. Read each problem carefully. Answer the problems. Show you solutions and label your final
answers. (10 points each)

1. Vhedz has 50 bills in her wallet, consisting of 20-peso bills and 50-bills. The total amount of the bills is
₱ 1,990. How many of each kind of bill are there in her wallet?

2. The figure below shows the flow of traffic (in vehicles per hour) through a network of streets.
a. Solve for the system of flow of traffic.
b. Find the traffic flow when d = 300.

1 3
200 a 400

b 150 c

500 2 d 4 300

3. The table below shows the net profit (in million pesos) for a company in three consecutive years.
a. Find the quadratic equation to fit the data.
b. Predict the profit of the company in 5 years.

Number of Years 1 2 3
Net Profit 8 10 16