Exam 1

1. Question

Given the following information:
 $+$ $+$ = $564$ $+$ $+$ = $873$ $+$ $+$ = $864$
Compute:
 $+$ $+$ = $\text{?}$

1. $394$
2. $555$
3. $507$
4. $873$
5. $594$

Solution

The information provided can be interpreted as the price for three fruit baskets with different combinations of the three fruits. This corresponds to a system of linear equations where the price of the three fruits is the vector of unknowns $x$:
 ${x}_{1}=$ ${x}_{2}=$ ${x}_{3}=$
The system of linear equations is then:
 $\begin{array}{ccc}\multicolumn{1}{c}{\left(\begin{array}{ccc}\hfill 2& \hfill 0& \hfill 1\\ \hfill 1& \hfill 0& \hfill 2\\ \hfill 0& \hfill 1& \hfill 2\end{array}\right)·\left(\begin{array}{c}\hfill {x}_{1}\\ \hfill {x}_{2}\\ \hfill {x}_{3}\end{array}\right)}& =\hfill & \left(\begin{array}{c}\hfill 564\\ \hfill 873\\ \hfill 864\end{array}\right)\hfill \end{array}$

This can be solved using any solution algorithm, e.g., elimination:
 ${x}_{1}=85, {x}_{2}=76, {x}_{3}=394.$

Based on the three prices for the different fruits it is straightforward to compute the total price of the fourth fruit basket via:
 $+$ $+$ $=$ ${x}_{1}$ $+$ ${x}_{2}$ $+$ ${x}_{3}$ $=$ $85$ $+$ $76$ $+$ $394$ $=$ $555$.