818 CHAPTER 11 Systems of Equations
35. x 2y 5z 2v 4w 0
2x 4y 6z v 4w 0
5x 2y 3z 2v 3w 0
6x 5y 2z 5v 3w 0
x 2y z 2v 4w 0
36. 2x y 2z u v 3w 1
3x y z u 2v w 2
x y 3z u 5v w 5
5x y 4z u 2v 2w 1
x y z 3u 7v w 3
x y 3u 4w 0
37. x 2y 3z 1
3x 2y 4z 1
2x 6y 8z w 3
2x 2z 2w 3
38. 2x 6y z 4
5x z 4
4x 18y z 4
39. x 3w 2
x 4y z 3w 7
4y z 5
x 12y 3z 3w 17
In Exercises 40–42, find constants a, b, c such that the three
given points lie on the parabola y ax
2
bx c. See
Example 8.
40. (3, 2), (1, 1), (2, 1)
41. (3, 15), (1, 7), (5, 111)
42. (1, 2), (3, 1), (4, 1)
43. Concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO
2
)
have increased quadratically over the past half-century.* So
the concentration y of CO
2
(in parts per million) in year x is
given by an equation of the form
y ax
2
bx c.
(a) Let x 0 correspond to 1958 and use the following
data to find a, b, and c.
(b) Use this equation to estimate the CO
2
concentration in
the years 1983, 1993, and 2003. [For comparison pur-
poses, the actual concentrations in 1983 and 1993 were
343 ppm and 357 ppm respectively.]
44. The table shows the per capita consumption of chicken (in
pounds) in selected years.*
(a) Let x 0 correspond to 1990. Find a quadratic equation
that models this data.
(b) Use the equation to estimate the consumption of
chicken in 1995 and 2015. [The actual consumption in
1995 was 49.0 pounds.]
45. The table shows the per capita sales (in dollars) of electron-
ics and appliances in selected years.
†
(a) Find a quadratic equation that models this data, with
x 2 corresponding to 1992.
(b) Use the equation to estimate sales of electronics and
appliances in 1993, 1998, and 2002.
46. The table shows the percentage y of total consumer spending
on sound recordings that is spent on pop music in year x.
‡
(a) Assume that the data can be modeled by an equation of
the form
y ax
4
bx
3
cx
2
dx k.
(Let x 0 correspond to 1998.) Use the same method
used in Exercises 43–45 (with five equations instead of
three) to find the constants a, b, c, d, and k.
(b) Use the equation in part (a) to estimate the percentage
of consumer spending spent on pop music in 2005.
47. Find constants a, b, c such that the points (0, 2), (ln 2, 1),
and (ln 4, 4) lie on the graph of f (x) ae
x
be
x
c.
[Hint: Proceed as in Example 8.]
48. Find constants a, b, c such that the points (0, 1), (ln 2, 4),
and (ln 3, 7) lie on the graph of f(x) ae
x
be
x
c.
49. New Army Stores, a national chain of casual clothing stores,
recently sent shipments of jeans, jackets, sweaters, and
shirts to its stores in various cities. The number of items
shipped to each city and their total wholesale cost are shown
in the table on the next page. Find the wholesale price of
each of the following: one pair of jeans, one jacket, one
sweater, and one shirt.
Year 1958 1979 2001
CO
2
Concentration 315 337 371
*C. D. Keeling and T. P. Whorf, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
*U.S. Department of Agriculture.
†
U.S. Census Bureau.
‡
Recording Industry Association of America, Inc.
Year 1992 1996 2000
Sales $169 $260 $320
Year 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
% Pop 10 11 9 10 7.1
Year 1990 1999 2004
Chicken Consumption 42.4 54.2 59.2