Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using  Cramer's rule

Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using  Cramer's rule

Cramer's rule:

For linear system , if , then the system has the unique solution,

where  is the matrix obtained by replacing the i-th column of A by b.

Example 1:

Solve for the following system of linear equations by Cramer's rule,

Solution:

The coefficient matrix A and the vector b are

,

respectively. Then,

Thus, .