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: 34

Answer

$(3,1,2)$

Work Step by Step

Start with the augmented matrix, row reduce to reduced row echelon form (Gauss-Jordan.) $\left[\begin{array}{llll} 0 & 2 & 1 & 4\\ 1 & 1 & 0 & 4\\ 3 & 3 & -1 & 10 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ R_{2}\leftarrow R_{1}.\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3} \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 1 & 0 & 4\\ 0 & 2 & 1 & 4\\ 3 & 3 & -1 & 10 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ .\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}-3R_{1 } \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 1 & 0 & 4\\ 0 & 2 & 1 & 4\\ 0 & 0 & -1 & -2 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ R_{2}\leftarrow R_{2}+R_{3 }.\\ \times(-1). \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 1 & 0 & 4\\ 0 & 2 & 0 & 2\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 2 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ \div 2.\\ . \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 1 & 0 & 4\\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 1\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 2 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{1}-R_{2}.\\ .\\ . \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 0 & 0 & 3\\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 1\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 2 \end{array}\right]$ The solution is $(3,1,2)$
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