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: 37

Answer

$(10,3,-2)$

Work Step by Step

Start with the augmented matrix, row reduce to reduced row echelon form (Gauss-Jordan.) $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 2 & -3 & -1 & 13 \\ -1 & 2 & -5 & 6 \\ 5 & -1 & -1 & 49 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{1}+R_{2}.\\ .\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}+5R_{2}. \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & -1 & -6 & 19 \\ -1 & 2 & -5 & 6 \\ 0 & 9 & -26 & 79 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ R_{2}\leftarrow R_{2}+R_{1}.\\ . \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & -1 & -6 & 19 \\ 0 & 1 & -11 & 25 \\ 0 & 9 & -26 & 79 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{1}+R_{2}.\\ .\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}-9R_{2}. \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & -17 & 44 \\ 0 & 1 & -11 & 25 \\ 0 & 0 & 73 & -146 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} .\\ .\\ R_{3}\leftarrow R_{3}/73. \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & -17 & 44 \\ 0 & 1 & -11 & 25 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & -2 \end{array}\right] \rightarrow\left(\begin{array}{l} R_{1}\leftarrow R_{1}+17R_{3}.\\ R_{2}\leftarrow R_{2}+11R_{3}.\\ . \end{array}\right)$ $\rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & 10 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 3 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & -2 \end{array}\right]$ The solution is $(10,3,-2)$
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