Three species of bacteria will be kept in one test tube and will feed on three resources. Each member of the first species consumes 3 units of the first resources and 1 unit of the third. Each bacterium of the second type consumes 1 unit of the first resources and 2 units of the first resource and 4 units each of the second and third.

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Given that the test tube is supplied daily with 12000 units of the first resource 12000 units of the second and 14000 units of the third, you want to find out how many of each species can coexist in equillibrium in the test tube so that all of the supplied resources are consumed.

(a) Obtain a system of linear equations from the information given.??