By definition of equality of matrices, we get,
3 x = .x + 4 Â Â Â ...(1)
3y = 6+x+ y    -(2)
3: = – I +z + w    ’ ...(3)
3 w’ = 2 w + 3    ....(4)
From (1), 3 .x – .x = 4 or 2 .x = 4 ⇒ x = 2
From (4), 3 w – 2 w = 3 or w = 3
Putting x = 2 in (2), we get,
3 y = 6 + 2 + y or 2 y = 8 ⇒ y = 4
Putting w = 3 in (3), we get,
3z= – l + z + 3 or 2 : = 2 ⇒ z  = l
∴ we have
x = 2, y = 4, z = 1, w = 3.
(i) Find the combined sales in September and October for each farmer in each variety.
(ii) Find the decrease in sales from September to October.
(iii) If both farmers receive 2% profit on gross sales, compute the profit for each farmer and for cach variety sold in October.
X, Z are matrices of order 2 x 2 X p respectively.
If n = p, then the order of the matrix 7X – 5Z is :
p x 2 Â
2 x n  Â
n x 3
n x 3