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Three computer keyboards and 2 chargers cost Kshs. 5,100. Four keyboards and 3 chargers cost Kshs. 7,050. Find the cost of one keyboard and one charger.
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4 stepsFormulate the system of linear equations.
Let be the cost of one keyboard and be the cost of one charger.
From the first statement: "Three computer key boards and 2 charger cost Kshs. 5,100"From the second statement: "4 similar keyboards and 3 similar chargers cost Kshs. 7,050"
Express the system of equations in matrix form .
So, the matrix equation is:
Find the inverse of matrix .
The determinant of is .
The inverse of a matrix is .Solve for by multiplying by .
Perform the matrix multiplication:
The cost of each keyboard is Kshs. 1200 and the cost of each charger is Kshs. 750.
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