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System of equations application problem

A coffee grower sells three blends of coffee. One bag of the house blend contains
300 grams of Colombian grain and 200 grams of French roasted grain. One bag of
the special blend contains 200 grams of Colombian grain, 200 grams of Kenyan
grain and 100 grams of French roasted grain. One bag of gourmet blend contains
100 grams of Colombian grain, 200 grams of Kenyan grain and 200 grams of
French roasted grain. The trader has on hand 30 kilograms of Colombian grain, 15
kilograms of Kenyan grain and 25 kilograms of French roasted grain.
I) Describe the matrix.
II) If you want to use all grains, find: how many bags of each type of mixture can
you make?

X1 = number of bags in the house

X2 = number of bag special mix

X3 = number of gourmet mix bags

X1 X2 X3 Available Grams

Colombian grain 300 200 100 30000

French Grain 200 100 200 25000

Kenyan Grain 200 200 15000

Forming the system we have.

3 00 X 1 +200 X 2 +100 X 3 =30000

200 X 1 +100 X 2 +200 X 3 =25000

200 X 2 +200 X 3 =15000


300 200 100 30000

200 100 200 25000

0 200 200 15000

In matrix form

Divide all rows by 100

3 2 1 300

2 1 2 250

0 2 2 150

We simplify

F1= F1-2F2 -1 0 -3 -200 F1 -F1 1 0 3 200


2 1 2 -150 2 1 2 250
F3= F1-2F3 0 0 10 450 -4 0 -2 -350

F2= F2-2F1 1 0 3 200 F1= F1-3F3 1 0 3 200


0 1 -4 250 0 1 -4 -150
F3= F3+4F1 -4 0 -2 -350 F2= F2+4F3 0 0 1 45

F1= F1-3F3 1 0 0 65
F2= F2+4F3 0 1 0 30
0 0 1 45
The following bags can be mixed in this way:

65 bags of house blend

30 bags of special mix

45 bags of gourmet mix

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