Linear Algebra and Its Applications (5th Edition)

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Chapter 1 - Linear Equations in Linear Algebra - 1.5 Exercises - Page 48: 3

Answer

Yes, this system has nontrivial solutions.

Work Step by Step

Without performing elimination, we can see that not every column of the coefficient matrix will be a pivot column, since there will be three columns but only two rows. (Recall that each row and each column can contain at most one pivot position.) Hence, there will be at least one free variable in the solution set, meaning the homogeneous system has nontrivial solutions.
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