A certain bookstore chain has two stores, one in San Francisco and one in Los Angeles. It stocks three kinds of books: hardcover, softcover, and plastic (for infants). At the beginning of January, the central computer showed the following books in stock.   Hard Soft Plastic San Francisco 1,000 2,000 6,000 Los Angeles 1,000 6,000 2,000 Its sales in January were as follows: 700 hardcover books, 1,300 softcover books, and 2,000 plastic books sold in San Francisco, and 400 hardcover, 300 softcover, and 500 plastic books sold in Los Angeles. The bookstore chain actually maintained the same sales figures for the first 6 months of the year. Each month, the chain restocked the stores from its warehouse by shipping 600 hardcover, 1,400 softcover, and 1,400 plastic books to San Francisco and 500 hardcover, 500 softcover, and 500 plastic books to Los Angeles.      Use matrix operations to determine the inventory in each store at the end of June

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 A certain bookstore chain has two stores, one in San Francisco and one in Los Angeles. It stocks three kinds of books: hardcover, softcover, and plastic (for infants). At the beginning of January, the central computer showed the following books in stock.
  Hard Soft Plastic
San Francisco 1,000 2,000 6,000
Los Angeles 1,000 6,000 2,000
Its sales in January were as follows: 700 hardcover books, 1,300 softcover books, and 2,000 plastic books sold in San Francisco, and 400 hardcover, 300 softcover, and 500 plastic books sold in Los Angeles. The bookstore chain actually maintained the same sales figures for the first 6 months of the year. Each month, the chain restocked the stores from its warehouse by shipping 600 hardcover, 1,400 softcover, and 1,400 plastic books to San Francisco and 500 hardcover, 500 softcover, and 500 plastic books to Los Angeles. 
 
 
Use matrix operations to determine the inventory in each store at the end of June.
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