Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-13311-087-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-13311-087-3

Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.2 Determinants and Elementary Operations - 3.2 Exercises - Page 118: 24

Answer

$$ \left[ \begin {array}{cccc} 3&2&1&1\\ -1&0&2&0\\7&2&0&0\\-7&-2&0&0\end{array} \right]=0. $$

Work Step by Step

Given $$ \left[ \begin {array}{cccc} 3&2&1&1\\ -1&0&2&0\\4&1&-1&0\\3&1&1&0\end{array} \right]. $$ Now, adding the second row to the multiple of the third row by $2$, adding the second row to the multiple of the fourth row by $-2$, we get $$ \left[ \begin {array}{cccc} 3&2&1&1\\ -1&0&2&0\\7&2&0&0\\-7&-2&0&0\end{array} \right]. $$ Since the fourth row is a multiple of the third row by $-1$, then we have $$ \left[ \begin {array}{cccc} 3&2&1&1\\ -1&0&2&0\\7&2&0&0\\-7&-2&0&0\end{array} \right]=0. $$
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