Solved on Feb 10, 2024

Find the value of zz given a system of linear equations involving 2×22 \times 2 matrices.

STEP 1

Assumptions
1. We are given two matrices and their difference.
2. We need to find the value of z z from the resulting matrix.
3. Matrix subtraction is performed element-wise.

STEP 2

Write down the matrix subtraction equation given in the problem.
[x2x75]3[1wy3]=[z812w] \left[\begin{array}{cc} x & 2x \\ 7 & 5 \end{array}\right] - 3\left[\begin{array}{cc} -1 & w \\ y & 3 \end{array}\right] = \left[\begin{array}{cc} z & 8 \\ 1 & 2w \end{array}\right]

STEP 3

Distribute the scalar multiplication across the second matrix.
3[1wy3]=[3(1)3w3y33]=[33w3y9] 3\left[\begin{array}{cc} -1 & w \\ y & 3 \end{array}\right] = \left[\begin{array}{cc} 3(-1) & 3w \\ 3y & 3 \cdot 3 \end{array}\right] = \left[\begin{array}{cc} -3 & 3w \\ 3y & 9 \end{array}\right]

STEP 4

Subtract the second matrix from the first matrix, element-wise.
[x(3)2x3w73y59]=[z812w] \left[\begin{array}{cc} x - (-3) & 2x - 3w \\ 7 - 3y & 5 - 9 \end{array}\right] = \left[\begin{array}{cc} z & 8 \\ 1 & 2w \end{array}\right]

STEP 5

Simplify the subtraction for each element.
[x+32x3w73y59]=[z812w] \left[\begin{array}{cc} x + 3 & 2x - 3w \\ 7 - 3y & 5 - 9 \end{array}\right] = \left[\begin{array}{cc} z & 8 \\ 1 & 2w \end{array}\right]

STEP 6

Now, equate the corresponding elements of the matrices to find the values of the unknowns.
For the top-left elements:
x+3=z x + 3 = z

STEP 7

Since we are only asked to find z z , we can stop here and state the value of z z .
z=x+3 z = x + 3
However, we are not given the value of x x , and it is not possible to determine a numerical value for z z without additional information about x x . Therefore, z z is expressed in terms of x x .

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