
Excursions in Modern Mathematics, Books a la carte edition (9th Edition)
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Chapter 13, Problem 47E
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The value of the variable for which the shaded region is a gnomon.
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It is given that E4E3E2E1A=⎡⎣⎢⎢⎢−1002−40488⎤⎦⎥⎥⎥.
Here the matrices E4, E3, E2, and, E1 are:
E1=⎡⎣⎢⎢⎢100010008⎤⎦⎥⎥⎥E2=⎡⎣⎢⎢⎢100010−501⎤⎦⎥⎥⎥E3=⎡⎣⎢⎢⎢1000−10001⎤⎦⎥⎥⎥E4=⎡⎣⎢⎢⎢001010100⎤⎦⎥⎥⎥
It is given that E4E3E2E1A=⎡⎣⎢⎢⎢−1002−40488⎤⎦⎥⎥⎥.
Here the matrices E4, E3, E2, and, E1 are:
E1=⎡⎣⎢⎢⎢100010008⎤⎦⎥⎥⎥E2=⎡⎣⎢⎢⎢100010−501⎤⎦⎥⎥⎥E3=⎡⎣⎢⎢⎢1000−10001⎤⎦⎥⎥⎥E4=⎡⎣⎢⎢⎢001010100⎤⎦⎥⎥⎥
What is the determinant of A?
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