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holy crap, I made a mistake and it's all messed up. I hate life.

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sorry, forgot to say, that one condition is that none of the variables can be negative

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edit: thanks for this thread. now i'm def going back to school

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seriously. i am doing something and one small part involves system of equations. and i'm like "oh [censored], how do i do this stuff again"

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"none of the variables can be negative"

Does that mean X > 0 or the coefficient > 0?

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2 equations, 4 unknowns. do i just substitute? when doing so things get really cumbersome.

$25 transfer on stars (when i get home tonight) if someone wants to tackle it (probably easy to you geeks). first person gets $$.

6w + 6x + 4y + 2z = 5

w + x + y + z = 1

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w = 0.25 x = 0.25 y = 0.5 z = 0

6(.25) + 6(.25) + 4(.5) + 0 = 5
1.5 + 1.5 + 2 = 5

0.25 + 0.25 + 0.5 + 0 = 1

If you throw in that 3rd equation..this doesn't work

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y = 0.5 -2z
x = 0.5 + -1y

you need 1 more equation

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w=.25, x=.5, y=0, z=.25

I win.

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w=.25, x=.5, y=0, z=.25

I win.

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Damn. Just beat me.

Matrices FTW

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Yep.

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2 equations, 4 unknowns. do i just substitute? when doing so things get really cumbersome.

$25 transfer on stars (when i get home tonight) if someone wants to tackle it (probably easy to you geeks). first person gets $$.

6w + 6x + 4y + 2z = 5

w + x + y + z = 1

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w = 0.25 x = 0.25 y = 0.5 z = 0

6(.25) + 6(.25) + 4(.5) + 0 = 5
1.5 + 1.5 + 2 = 5

0.25 + 0.25 + 0.5 + 0 = 1

If you throw in that 3rd equation..this doesn't work

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