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: 36

Answer

$(3,1,1)$

Work Step by Step

Start with the augmented matrix, row reduce to reduced row echelon form (Gauss-Jordan.) $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 2 & 1 & 0 & 7 \\ 2 & -1 & 1 & 6 \\ 3 & -2 & 4 & 11 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{3}-R_{1}.\\ R_{2}\leftarrow R_{2}-R_{1}.\\ . \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & -3 & 4 & 4 \\ 0 & -2 & 1 & -1 \\ 3 & -2 & 4 & 11 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ R_{2}\leftarrow-0.5R_{2}.\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}-3R_{1}. \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & -3 & 4 & 4 \\ 0 & 1 & -0.5 & 0.5 \\ 0 & 7 & -8 & -1 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{1}+3R_{2}.\\ .\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}-7R_{2}. \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 2.5 & 5.5 \\ 0 & 1 & -0.5 & 0.5 \\ 0 & 0 & -4.5 & -4.5 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ .\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}/(-0.45). \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 2.5 & 5.5 \\ 0 & 1 & -0.5 & 0.5 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{1}-2.5R_{2}.\\ R_{2}\leftarrow R_{2}+0.5R_{2}\\ . \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & 3 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 1 \end{array}\right]$ The solution is $(3,1,1)$
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