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Result:

You entered the following system

4x − 3y = 1
8x + 9y = 12
The solutions are:
3
x=
4
2
y=
3

Explanation:

STEP 1: Find coefficient matrix (D), X matrix (Dx ) and Y matrix (Dy ). In this
example we have.
" # " # " #
4 −3 1 −3 4 1
D= Dx = Dy =
8 9 12 9 8 12

STEP 2: Find determinants of matrices D, Dx and Dy .

 
 4 −3 
det(D) =   = 4 · 9 − (−3) · 8 = 60

 8 9 
 
 1 −3 
det(Dx ) =   = 1 · 9 − (−3) · 12 = 45

 12 9 
 
 4 1 
det(Dy ) =   = 4 · 12 − 1 · 8 = 40

 8 12 

STEP 3: Solve for x and y.

det(Dx ) 45 3
= =
det (D) 60 4
det(Dy ) 40 2
= =
det (D) 60 3