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Let ax + by = e
and cx + dy = f
be a system of two equations in two unknowns. Cramer's Rule is used to find the solution.
|e b| |a e|
| | | |
|f d| ed - bf |c f| af - ec
x = ------ = --------- y = ------ = ---------
|a b| ad - bc |a b| ad - bc
| | | |
|c d| |c d|
If ad - bc = 0 the calculator displays Error. In this case no solution or no unique solution exists.
| Step | Instructions | Input Data/Units | Keys | Output Data/Units |
| 1 | Enter program | |||
| 2 | Store constants | a | STO 1 | |
| b | STO 2 | |||
| e | STO 3 | |||
| c | STO 4 | |||
| d | STO 5 | |||
| f | STO 6 | |||
| 3 | Find x and y | f PRGM R/S | × | |
| R/S | y | |||
| 4 | For new case, go to step 2 |
5x - 3y = 12
2x + y = 9
Solution:
x = 3.55
y = 1.91
LINE CODE KEYS 00 01 24 03 RCL 3 02 24 05 RCL 5 03 61 × 04 24 02 RCL 2 05 24 06 RCL 6 06 61 × 07 41 - 08 24 01 RCL 1 09 24 05 RCL 5 10 61 × 11 24 02 RCL 2 12 24 04 RCL 4 13 61 × 14 41 - 15 23 00 STO 0 16 71 ÷ 17 74 R/S 18 24 01 RCL 1 19 24 06 RCL 6 20 61 × 21 24 03 RCL 3 22 24 04 RCL 4 23 61 × 24 41 - 25 24 00 RCL 0 26 71 ÷ 27 13 00 GTO 00
R0 ad - bc R1 a R2 b R3 e R4 c R5 d R6 f
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