Chapter 3: Problem 70
If you think of numbers as \(1 \times 1\) matrices, which numbers are invertible \(1 \times 1\) matrices?
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Chapter 3: Problem 70
If you think of numbers as \(1 \times 1\) matrices, which numbers are invertible \(1 \times 1\) matrices?
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Campaign Strategies \(^{28}\) Florida and Ohio are "swing states" that have a large bounty of electoral votes and are therefore highly valued by presidential campaign strategists. Suppose it is now the weekend before Election Day 2008 , and each candidate (McCain and Obama) can visit only one more state. Further, to win the election, McCain needs to win both of these states. Currently McCain has a \(40 \%\) chance of winning Ohio and a \(60 \%\) chance of winning Florida. Therefore, he has a \(0.40 \times 0.60=0.24\), or \(24 \%\) chance of winning the election. Assume that each candidate can increase his probability of winning a state by \(10 \%\) if he, and not his opponent, visits that state. If both candidates visit the same state, there is no effect. a. Set up a payoff matrix with McCain as the row player and Obama as the column player, where the payoff for a specific set of circumstances is the probability (expressed as a percentage) that McCain will win both states. b. Where should each candidate visit under the circumstances?
Resource Allocation The Arctic Juice Company makes three juice blends: PineOrange, using 2 quarts of pineapple juice and 2 quarts of orange juice per gallon; PineKiwi, using 3 quarts of pineapple juice and 1 quart of kiwi juice per gallon; and OrangeKiwi, using 3 quarts of orange juice and 1 quart of kiwi juice per gallon. The amount of each kind of juice the company has on hand varies from day to day. How many gallons of each blend can it make on a day with the following stocks? a. 800 quarts of pineapple juice, 650 quarts of orange juice, 350 quarts of kiwi juice. b. 650 quarts of pineapple juice, 800 quarts of orange juice, 350 quarts of kiwi juice. c. \(A\) quarts of pineapple juice, \(B\) quarts of orange juice, \(C\) quarts of kiwi juice.
What would it mean if the technology matrix \(A\) were the zero. matrix?
Translate the given matrix equations into svstems of linear equations. $$ \left[\begin{array}{lrll} 0 & 1 & 6 & 1 \\ 1 & -5 & 0 & 0 \end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{r} x \\ y \\ z \\ w \end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{r} -2 \\ 9 \end{array}\right] $$
A diagonal matrix \(D\) has the following form. $$ D=\left[\begin{array}{ccccc} d_{1} & 0 & 0 & \ldots & 0 \\ 0 & d_{2} & 0 & \ldots & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & d_{3} & \ldots & 0 \\ \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & \ldots & d_{n} \end{array}\right] $$ When is \(D\) singular? Why?
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