Exercise 11
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\(\displaystyle x=1, y=\frac{1}{2}, z=\frac{-3}{2}\)
Write \(\displaystyle AX=B\); the third equation has no \(\displaystyle x\)-term, so its first coefficient is \(\displaystyle 0\).\[A=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}2 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & -2 & -1 \\ 0 & 3 & -5\end{array}\right],\qquad X=\left[\begin{array}{r}x \\ y \\ z\end{array}\right],\qquad B=\left[\begin{array}{r}1 \\ \tfrac{3}{2} \\ 9\end{array}\right] \]\[|A|=2(10+3)-1(-5-0)+1(3-0)=26+5+3=34\neq 0 \]So \(\displaystyle A^{-1}\) exists. Cofactors:\[A_{11}=13,\ A_{12}=5,\ A_{13}=3,\quad A_{21}=8,\ A_{22}=-10,\ A_{23}=-6,\quad A_{31}=1,\ A_{32}=3,\ A_{33}=-5 \]Transposing the cofactor matrix,\[\mathrm{adj}\,A=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}13 & 8 & 1 \\ 5 & -10 & 3 \\ 3 & -6 & -5\end{array}\right],\qquad A^{-1}=\frac{1}{34}\left[\begin{array}{rrr}13 & 8 & 1 \\ 5 & -10 & 3 \\ 3 & -6 & -5\end{array}\right] \]\[X=A^{-1}B=\frac{1}{34}\left[\begin{array}{r}13(1)+8\left(\tfrac{3}{2}\right)+1(9) \\ 5(1)-10\left(\tfrac{3}{2}\right)+3(9) \\ 3(1)-6\left(\tfrac{3}{2}\right)-5(9)\end{array}\right]=\frac{1}{34}\left[\begin{array}{r}34 \\ 17 \\ -51\end{array}\right] \]\[x=1,\qquad y=\frac{1}{2},\qquad z=-\frac{3}{2} \]