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In Problems
set up each system of equations and then solve it 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
For a given male bee, the numbers of ancestors
Find the numbers of ancestors
By the inverse of
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