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 free sample of my book and audio lectures containing Lessons 1 and  2:

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.  This problem creates a two equations with two variables problem that can be solved using the method taught in Lesson 1 of my book.

Same again.  A little more like my Lesson 2, question 10.

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 (note that there may be a delay when you download this, as it is a large file):

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 illustrate it in question 4 of Lesson 2 in my Lecture Problems.

I discuss Gauss-Jordan Elimination and illustrate 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 is twice the value of y, replace x with 2y in the equations.  You can then solve y in the first equation, and then solve x, too.  That allows you to get an equation relating a to b.  Note that you are not 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.