Question
If $\text{x}\begin{bmatrix}2\\3 \end{bmatrix}+\text{y}\begin{bmatrix}-1\\1 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix}10\\5 \end{bmatrix},$ find the value of x.

Answer

$\text{x}\begin{bmatrix}2\\3 \end{bmatrix}+\text{y}\begin{bmatrix}-1\\1 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix}10\\5 \end{bmatrix}$
$\Rightarrow\begin{bmatrix}2\text{x}-\text{y}\\3\text{x + y} \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix}10\\5 \end{bmatrix}$
Corresponding elements of equal matrices are equal.
⇒ 2x - y = 10 and 3x + y = 5
⇒ y = 2x - 10 and 3x + (2x - 10) = 5
⇒ y = 2x - 10 and 5x = 15
⇒ y = 2x - 10 and x = 3
⇒ y = 2(3) - 10 and x = 3
⇒ y = -4 and x = 3
$\therefore$ x = 3 and y = -4
Hence, the value of x is 3.

Need a full question paper?

Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.

Start Generating Free

Similar questions

For each of the differential equations in find the general solution:
$\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}=(1+\text{x}^2)(1+\text{y}^2)$
Let $A = \{1, 2, 3\},$ and let $R_1 = \{(1, 1), (1, 3), (3, 1), (2, 2), (2, 1), (3, 3)\}.$ Find whether or not the relations $R_{1 }$ on $A$ is:
  1. Reflexive.
  2. Symmetric.
  3. Transitive.
If $\text{y}=(\tan^{-1}\text{x})^2$ then prove that $(1+\text{x}^2)\text{y}_2+2\text{x}(1+\text{x}^2)\text{y}_1=2$
Prove that $f(x)=x-|x|, x \in R$ is continuous at $x = 0$.
Find a vactor of magnitude $\sqrt{171}$ which is perpendicular to both of the vectors $\vec{\text{a}}=\hat{\text{i}}+2\hat{\text{j}}-3\hat{\text{k}}$ and $\vec{\text{b}}=3\hat{\text{i}}-\hat{\text{j}}+2\hat{\text{k}}.$
Let '*' be a binary operation on N defined by a * b = 1.c.m. (a, b) for all $\text{a, b}\in\text{N}.$
Check the commutativity and associativity of '*' on N.
Bag $I$ contains $3$ red and $4$ black balls and Bag $II$ contains $4$ red and $5$ black balls. One ball is transferred from Bag $I$ to Bag II and then a ball is drawn from Bag $II$. The ball so drawn is found to be red in colour. Find the probability that the transferred ball is black.
Find the equation of the line passing through the points (1, 2, -4) and parallel to the line $\frac{\text{x}-3}{4}=\frac{\text{y}-5}{2}=\frac{\text{z}+1}{3}.$
Evaluate the following integrals:
$\int\frac{\sqrt{16+(\log\text{x})^2}}{\text{x}}\text{dx}$
Solve graphically the following linear programming problem:
Maximise $z = 6x + 3y,$
Subject to the constraints:
$4 x+y \geq 80$
$3 x+2 y \leq 150$
$x+5 y \geq 115$
$x > 0, y \geq 0$