Set Up the System of Equations and Then Solve It

question 225

Multiple Choice

Set up the system of equations and then solve it by using inverse matrices. ​
Bee ancestry Because a female bee comes from a fertilized egg and a male bee comes from an unfertilized egg, the number of ancestors of a male t + 2 bee generations before the present generation is the sum of the number of ancestors t and t + 1 generations before the present. If the numbers of ancestors of a male bee in a given generation t and in the previous generation are given by , then there is a matrix M such that the numbers of ancestors in the two generations preceding generation t are given by .
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For a given male bee, the numbers of ancestors 5 and 6 generations back are given by .
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Find the numbers of ancestors 4 and 5 generations back by multiplying both sides of by the inverse of M.
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