Find the ordered triple (p,q,r) that satisfies the following system:
p - 2q = 3
q - 2r = -2 + q
p + r = 9 + p
To solve this system, we can use algebraic manipulation to eliminate variables and solve for one variable in terms of the others.
First, let's simplify the second equation by moving the q term to the left-hand side:
q - 2r - q = -2
Simplifying, we get:
-q - 2r = -2
Now we can eliminate q by adding the first equation to this simplified second equation:
(p - 2q) + (-q - 2r) = 3 - 2
Simplifying, we get:
p - 3q - 2r = 1
Next, we can use the third equation to eliminate r by solving for p in terms of r and substituting into the third equation:
p + r = 9 + p
Subtracting p from both sides, we get:
r = 9
Now we can substitute this value of r into the equation we just derived:
p - 3q - 2r = 1
p - 3q - 2(9) = 1
Simplifying, we get:
p - 3q = 19
Finally, we can use the first equation to solve for p in terms of q:
p - 2q = 3
p = 2q + 3
Substituting this expression for p into the equation we just derived, we get:
(2q + 3) - 3q = 19
Simplifying, we get:
-q = 16
Dividing both sides by -1, we get:
q = -16
Now we can use the expression we derived earlier to solve for p:
p = 2q + 3 = 2(-16) + 3 = -29
Therefore, the ordered triple that satisfies the system is (-29, -16, 9).