College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Chapter 6, Matrices and Determinants - Section 6.1 - Matrices and Systems of Linear Equations - 6.1 Exercises - Page 501: 32

Answer

$(-2,3,3)$

Work Step by Step

Start with the augmented matrix, row reduce to reduced row echelon form (Gauss-Jordan.) $\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 1 & 1 & 4\\ -1 & 2 & 3 & 17\\ 2 & -1 & 0 & -7 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ R_{2}\leftarrow R_{2}+R_{1}.\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}-2R_{1} \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 1 & 1 & 4\\ 0 & 3 & 4 & 21\\ 0 & -3 & -2 & -15 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ .\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}+R_{2} \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 1 & 1 & 4\\ 0 & 3 & 4 & 21\\ 0 & 0 & 2 & 6 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ .\\ R_{3}\leftarrow\frac{1}{2}R_{3} \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 1 & 1 & 4\\ 0 & 3 & 4 & 21\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 3 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{1}-R_{3}.\\ R_{2}\leftarrow R_{2}-4R_{3}.\\ . \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 1 & 0 & 1\\ 0 & 3 & 0 & 9\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 3 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ R_{3}\leftarrow\frac{1}{3}R_{3}.\\ . \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 1 & 0 & 1\\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 3\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 3 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{1}-R_{2}.\\ .\\ . \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 0 & 0 & -2\\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 3\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 3 \end{array}\right]$ The solution is $(-2,3,3)$
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