Here are simultaneous equations with 5 unknowns:
b=d+f
e=c+f
12=10c+20e
0=10f+20b-10c
0=10d-20e-10f
I need to find out "f". Please help
According to WolframAlpha......no solutions exist for this system......
I get the following solutions (one of us has probably typed in something incorrectly!):
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I wanted to come back to this one and solve it with substitutions......
(1) b=d+f → f = b - d
(2) e=c+f → f = e - c
(3) 12=10c+20e → 6 = 5c + 10e
(4) 0=10f+20b-10c → 0 = f + 2b - c
(5) 0=10d-20e-10f → 0 = d - 2e - f
Subtract (2) from (1)
b - e = d - c (6)
Add (4) and (5)
0 = 2b - 2e + d - c → d - c = 2e - 2b
Substitute the previous result into (6) for d - c
b - e = 2e - 2b → 3b = 3e → b = e and from(6) this implies that → d = c
Substitute (2) and the fact that b = e into the rearrangement of (4)
0 = e - c + 2e - c → 2c = 3e → e = [2/3]c
Substitute the previous result into the rearrangement of (3)
6 = 5c + 10(2/3)c → 18 = 15c + 20c → 18 = 35c → c = 18/35 → d = 18/35
And e = [2/3]c = [2/3](18/35) = 12/35 = b
And f = b - d .....so f = 12/35 - 18/35 = -6/35
Alan's answers are correct......I may have mis-typed something when I put the system into WolframAlpha.....!!!!
[When I put this system back into WolframAlpha, it still says no solutions exist.....odd!! ]