Did you read my tips on how to study and learn Math 1310?  If not, here is a link to those important suggestions:

Here is a link to the actual assignment, in case you don't have it handy:

Note that you need to study Lesson 1 (Systems of Linear Equations) and Lesson 2 (Row-Reduction and Linear Systems) from my Matrices for Management book to prepare for this assignment.

Don't have my book? You can download a sample containing those two lessons here:

I think you should find this assignment fairly straightforward if you do thoroughly study and do all the Practise Problems I give you in Lessons 1 and 2.

Make sure you have studied my strategies for solving Word Problems discussed in Lesson 2 of my book and exemplified by my questions 9 and 10 in the Lecture Problems for that lesson.

Make sure you have studied my strategies for solving Word Problems discussed in Lesson 2 of my book and exemplified by my questions 9 and 10 in the Lecture Problems

This is actually a cross-over from the Math 1520 course.  If you have my Calculus for Management book, you should study Lesson 2 (Cost & Revenue; Demand & Supply) to prepare for this question.  You should find question 5 in my Lecture Problems especially helpful.

If you don't have my Calculus for Management book, here is a link where you can download that lesson:

Again, this is a cross-over from the Math 1520 course.  If you have my Calculus for Management book, you should study Lesson 2 (Cost & Revenue; Demand & Supply) to prepare for this question.  You should find question 1 in my Lecture Problems especially helpful.

Now, we are back on track.  This is straight from Lesson 2 of my Matrices for Management book.  You should find question 11 in my Lecture Problems (at the start of the lesson and taught in my lecture notes) helpful.

Standard questions about identifying and achieving RREF.

I discuss Gaussian Elimination and exemplify it in question 4 of Lesson 2 in my Lecture Problems.

I discuss Gauss-Jordan Elimination and exemplify it in question 3 of Lesson 2 in my Lecture Problems.  Essentially, Lesson 2 is all about how and why we do Gauss-Jordan elimination!

Since x and y have the same value, replace y with x in the equations.  You can then solve x (and therefore, y).  That allows you to get an equation relating a to b.  Note that you are not necessarily able to get a numerical solution for a and b, just an equation saying what a is in terms of b, or vice-versa.

Study questions 6, 7 and 8 in my Lecture Problems for Lesson 2.  There are also several more examples in the Practise Problems at the end of the lesson.