Question

Choose the value of the x determinant (Dx) in the following system.
2x – 3y = 5
4x + 2y = 7

Answer 1

are you just looking for the value of x ?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

|2 -3|
|4 2|
2*2 - 4*-3 = 4 - (-12) = 16 ??
Yu might need a second opinion on this....

Answer 4

oops...typo...*you

Answer 5

texaschic101, you found the determinant D

but what they want is Dx

so you replace the first column with

5
7

then you compute the determinant