Chapter 3: Problem 57
What would a \(5 \times 5\) matrix \(A\) look like if \(A_{i i}=0\) for every \(i\) ?
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Chapter 3: Problem 57
What would a \(5 \times 5\) matrix \(A\) look like if \(A_{i i}=0\) for every \(i\) ?
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Microbucks Computer Company makes two computers, the Pomegranate II and the Pomegranate Classic, at two different factories. The Pom II requires 2 processor chips, 16 memory chips, and 20 vacuum tubes, while the Pom Classic requires 1 processor chip, 4 memory chips, and 40 vacuum tubes. Microbucks has in stock at the beginning of the year 500 processor chips, 5,000 memory chips, and 10,000 vacuum tubes at the Pom II factory, and 200 processor chips, 2,000 memory chips, and 20,000 vacuum tubes at the Pom Classic factory. It manufactures 50 Pom II's and 50 Pom Classics each month. a. Find the company's inventory of parts after two months, using matrix operations. b. When (if ever) will the company run out of one of the parts?
Translate the given systems of equations into matrix form. \(\begin{aligned} x+y+2 z &=-2 \\ 4 x+2 y-z &=-8 \\ \frac{x}{2}-\frac{y}{3} &=1 \end{aligned}\)
Textbook Writing You are writing a college-level textbook on finite mathematics, and are trying to come up with the best combination of word problems. Over the years, you have accumulated a collection of amusing problems, serious applications, long complicated problems, and "generic" problems. \({ }^{25}\) Before your book is published, it must be scrutinized by several reviewers who, it seems, are never satisfied with the mix you use. You estimate that there are three kinds of reviewers: the "no-nonsense" types who prefer applications and generic problems, the "dead serious" types, who feel that a collegelevel text should be contain little or no humor and lots of long complicated problems, and the "laid-back" types, who believe that learning best takes place in a light-hearted atmosphere bordering on anarchy. You have drawn up the following chart, where the payoffs represent the reactions of reviewers on a scale of \(-10\) (ballistic) to \(+10\) (ecstatic): Reviewers ou \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|} \hline & No-Nonsense & Dead Serious & Laid-Back \\ \hline Amusing & \(-5\) & \(-10\) & 10 \\ \hline Serious & 5 & 3 & 0 \\ \hline Long & \(-5\) & 5 & 3 \\ \hline Generic & 5 & 3 & \(-10\) \\ \hline \end{tabular} a. Your first draft of the book contained no generic problems, and equal numbers of the other categories. If half the reviewers of your book were "dead serious" and the rest were equally divided between the "no-nonsense" and "laid-back" types, what score would you expect? b. In your second draft of the book, you tried to balance the content by including some generic problems and eliminating several amusing ones, and wound up with a mix of which one eighth were amusing, one quarter were serious, three eighths were long, and a quarter were generic. What kind of reviewer would be least impressed by this mix? c. What kind of reviewer would be most impressed by the mix in your second draft?
What would it mean if the technology matrix \(A\) were the zero. matrix?
Decide whether the game is strictly determined. If it is, give the players'optimal pure strategies and the value of the game. $$ \begin{gathered} a & b & \multicolumn{1}{c} {c} \\ P & {\left[\begin{array}{llr} 1 & -1 & -5 \\ Q \\ 4 & -4 & 2 \\ R \\ S \end{array}\right.} & \left.\begin{array}{rrr} 3 & -3 & -10 \\ 5 & -5 & -4 \end{array}\right] \end{gathered} $$
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