How do you solve Ax=B given A=((2, 3)) and B=(4)?

1 Answer
Jun 22, 2016

x=((m),((4-2m)/3)) for any value of m

Explanation:

If x=((m),(n))
then (by definition of matrix multiplication)
color(white)("XXX")Ax = (2,3)xx((m),(n))=(2m+3n)

and if Ax=B=(4)

then
color(white)("XXX")2m+3n=4

Simplifying
color(white)("XXX")n=(4-2m)/3

Note that there are infinitely many solutions for x
a few obvious possibilities are:
color(white)("XXX")x=((0),(4/3)) or x=((2),(0)) or x=((5),(-2))