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: 35

Answer

$(-1,5,0)$

Work Step by Step

Start with the augmented matrix, row reduce to reduced row echelon form (Gauss-Jordan.) $\left[\begin{array}{llll} 1 & 2 & -1 & 9\\ 2 & 0 & -1 & -2\\ 3 & 5 & 2 & 22 \end{array}\right]\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ R_{2}\leftarrow R_{2}-R_{1}.\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}-3R_{1} \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 2 & -1 & 9 \\ 0 & -4 & 1 & -20 \\ 0 & -1 & 5 & -5 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ R_{2}\leftrightarrow R_{3}.\\ \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 2 & -1 & 9 \\ 0 & -1 & 5 & -5 \\ 0 & -4 & 1 & -20 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{1}+2R_{2}.\\ R_{2}\leftarrow-R_{2}.\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}-4R_{2} \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 9 & -1 \\ 0 & 1 & -5 & 5 \\ 0 & 0 & -19 & 0 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow \left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ .\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}/(-19) \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 9 & -1 \\ 0 & 1 & -5 & 5 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{1}-9R_{3}.\\ R_{2}\leftarrow R_{2}+5R_{3}.\\ . \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & -1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 5 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \end{array}\right]$ The solution is $(-1,5,0)$
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