Across
- 3. to seek the optimal price or amount that is desired to minimize costs or maximize profits
- 7. determinate of a 3x3 matrix
- 8. the process of finding the maximum or minimum values of a function for a region defined by inequalities
- 10. a constant
- 11. an operation that is opposite of the original operation
- 12. a matrix that contains only the coefficients of a system of equations
- 14. a set of inequalities with the same variables
- 15. a system of linear equations has exactly one solution
- 19. a matrix with the same number of rows and columns
- 21. eliminate one of the variables from a system of equations by adding or subtracting the equations
- 24. a square array of numbers enclosed between two parallel lines
- 26. a matrix form used to represent a system of equations
- 27. a set of equations with the same variables
- 29. a system of equations that has an infinite number of solutions
- 30. a system of equations that has at least one ordered pair that satisfies both equations
- 31. a method for finding the determinate of a third order matrix
- 32. a method that uses determinants to solve a system of linear equations
- 33. the intersection of the graphs in a system of constraints
Down
- 1. conditions given to variables often expressed as linear inequalities
- 2. a matrix consisting of a single column of m elements
- 4. multiplying any matrix by a constant called a scalar
- 5. a region where the graph of a system of constraints is a polygonal region
- 6. the determinant of a 2x2 matrix
- 9. a method of solving a system of equations in which one equation is solved for one variable in terms of the other
- 13. a matrix that has only one row
- 16. if two matrices have their corresponding elements equal then they are called equal matrices
- 17. a matrix that only contains the variables of a system of equations
- 18. a square matrix that when multiplied by another matrix equals that same matrix
- 20. a system of equations with no ordered pair that satisfies both equations
- 22. a system of inequalities that forms a region that is open
- 23. a matrix that contains a constants of a system
- 25. a matrix in which every element is zero
- 28. any rectangular array of variables or constants in horizontal rows or vertical columns
