A handful of 65 coins consist of pennies, nickels and dimes. The number of nickels is 4 less than twice of pennies, and there are 13 more dimes than nickels. How many coins of each kind are there? Solve using Gauss-Jordan Elimination.

Question

A handful of 65 coins consist of pennies, nickels and dimes. The number of nickels is 4 less than twice of pennies, and there are 13 more dimes than nickels. How many coins of each kind are there? Solve using Gauss-Jordan Elimination.

Answer 1

start writing the facts:

p+n+d = 65
n = 2p-4
d = n+13

For elimination, standardize the lines:

p+n+d = 65
-2p+n = -4
-n+d = 13

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Answer 2

To solve this problem using Gauss-Jordan Elimination, we can set up a system of equations based on the given information:

Let:
P = number of pennies
N = number of nickels
D = number of dimes

From the problem statement, we can write the following equations:

1. P + N + D = 65 (equation representing the total number of coins)

2. N = 2P - 4 (equation representing the number of nickels)

3. D = N + 13 (equation representing the number of dimes)

Now, we can represent these equations in matrix form:

| 1 1 1 | | P | | 65 |
| 0 1 0 | x | N | = | 2P - 4 |
| 0 0 1 | | D | | N + 13 |

Next, we perform Gauss-Jordan Elimination to solve the system of equations.

1. Subtract Row 1 from Row 2:
| 1 1 1 | | P | | 65 |
| 0 0 -1 | x | N | = | 2P - 69 |
| 0 0 1 | | D | | N + 13 |

2. Multiply Row 3 by 1/2:
| 1 1 1 | | P | | 65 |
| 0 0 -1 | x | N | = | 2P - 69 |
| 0 0 1/2 | | D | | (N + 13)/2 |

3. Add Row 2 to Row 3:
| 1 1 1 | | P | | 65 |
| 0 0 -1 | x | N | = | 2P - 69 |
| 0 0 1/2 | | D | | N/2 + 13/2 |

4. Subtract Row 3 from Row 1:
| 1 1 0 | | P | | 65 - (N/2 + 13/2) |
| 0 0 -1 | x | N | = | 2P - 69 |
| 0 0 1/2 | | D | | N/2 + 13/2 |

5. Multiply Row 3 by 2:
| 1 1 0 | | P | | 65 - (N/2 + 13/2) |
| 0 0 -1 | x | N | = | 2P - 69 |
| 0 0 1 | | D | | N + 13 |

6. Add Row 2 to Row 1:
| 1 1 0 | | P | | 65 - (N/2 + 13/2) |
| 0 0 0 | x | N | = | 2P - N - 69 |
| 0 0 1 | | D | | N + 13 |

From the revised matrix, we can obtain the following equations:

1. P = 65 - (N/2 + 13/2) -> P = 52 - N/2

2. 2P - N = 69

3. D = N + 13

Now, we can simplify equation 2 by substituting P in terms of N from equation 1:

2(52 - N/2) - N = 69
104 - N - N = 69
104 - 2N = 69
-2N = 69 - 104
-2N = -35
N = 35/2
N = 17.5

Since the number of coins cannot be in fractions, it seems there might be an error in the problem statement or in the calculations made so far. Please verify the given information or perform further calculations to obtain correct integer values for the number of coins.