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Help with matrices
HI I'm really close to the answer, but do not know where I went wrong..
Consider the two equations 4x+8y=1 and 2x-ay=11 ( One is on top of the other) so in matrix form it is
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For what values of a does the system have a unique solution?
Arranging in augmented matrix and using row operations, I reduced the matrix to
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I had to invert the matrix premultiplied to the matrix containing x and y, so I had to get the det, I got 8a+32
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Then I multiplied the determinant into the inversed matrix, simplified, was left with

multiplying them, I get

So my answer is x =
.. and y = 
but it's wrong.. can someone show me where I went wrong?
Will really appreciate it, thank you so much!
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Re: Help with matrices
Hello, Tutu!
First of all, you didn't answer the question.
The system does not have a unique solution if its determinant equals zero.
. . (\text{-}a) - (8)(2) \;=\;\text{-}4a - 16)
. . If 

. . . .  \cup (\text{-}4,\infty))