Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1
Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1
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ISBN: 9780395977224
Author: Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole
Publisher: McDougal Littell
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Transcribed Image Text:Problem 13.3 Consider the network of streets with intersections A, B, C and D below. The arrows
indicate the direction of traffic flow along the one-way streets, and the numbers refer to the exact
number of cars observed to enter or leave A B,C and D during one minute. Each x; denotes the
unknown number of cars which passed along the indicated streets during the same period.
X1
B
X4
X5
4
-A
C
x2
X3
a) Write down the linear system which describes the the traffic flow, together with all the
constraints on the variables xi, i 1,...,5. (Do not perform any operations on your equations:
this is done for you in (b).)
=
b) The reduced row-echelon form of the augmented matrix from part (a) is
[1
00-1
0
10]
01 0 1
1 |│
1
0 0 1 1
1│
4
0
0 0 0 0 0 |
Give the general solution. (Ignore the constraints at this point.)
c) If AC were closed due to roadwork, find all possible traffic flows, using your results from (b).
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