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Determinants & Inverses · Medium problem

A two-step chemical process relates input amounts of reagent 11 (xx) and reagent 22 (yy) to two target outputs via (2113)(xy)=(711)\begin{pmatrix}2&1\\1&3\end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}x\\y\end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix}7\\11\end{pmatrix}. Since the matrix's determinant is nonzero, a unique input combination exists. Find the required amount of reagent 11.