A café sells two types of sandwiches

MATHEMATICS · Subjective · CBSE · Mathematics · Determinants · Determinants

Problem

A café sells two types of sandwiches, vegetable and cheese. Three vegetable sandwiches and two cheese sandwiches together cost Rs 118, while two vegetable sandwiches and one cheese sandwich together cost Rs 78. (i) Represent the above information as a system of linear equations in the variables xx (price of a vegetable sandwich) and yy (price of a cheese sandwich). (ii) Write down the coefficient matrix AA and the constant matrix BB for the system. (iii) Find A−1A^{-1} and hence determine the prices of the two sandwiches.

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