Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.5 Linear Dependence and Linear Independence - Problems - Page 296: 14

Answer

$k=2$ or $k=-1$

Work Step by Step

Set the values to 0, we have: $x-y+2z=0$ $x+ky+z=0$ $kx+y+3=0$ which is equal to: $\begin{bmatrix} 1 & -1 & 2\\ 1 & k & 1\\ k & 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$ then we have: $(-1)^2(-1)\begin{vmatrix} k & 1\\ 1& 3 \end{vmatrix}+(-1)^3(-1)\begin{vmatrix} 1 & 1\\ k & 3 \end{vmatrix}+(-1)^4.2\begin{vmatrix} 1 &k\\ k & 1 \end{vmatrix}$ $0=3k-1+3-k+2-2k^2$ $2(2-k)(1+k)=0$ $2-k=0$ or $1+k=0$ $k=2$ or $k=-1$
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