Cramer's Rule uses determinants to solve systems and was named after the wacky guy on Seinfeld. (OK, I made that last part up.)
Let's just do one and I'll show you how it works:
First, we'll get the determinant of the coefficient matrix -- we'll call it D:
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Now, we're going to find two more determinants.
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Take D...
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and delete the column for the x guys... |
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Replace that column with the " = guys " (the 7 and the -2) and you get
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To get the x part of our (x, y) solution, we take
