Elementary Linear Algebra 7th Edition

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

Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.6 Rank of a Matrix and Systems of Linear Equations - 4.6 Exercises - Page 200: 40

Answer

(a) A basis for the solution space is $$ \left[\begin{aligned}0\\0 \\0 \end{aligned}\right].$$ (b) The dimension of the solution space is $0$.

Work Step by Step

The coefficient matrix is given by $$ \left[ \begin {array}{ccc} 4&-1&2\\ 2&3&-1 \\ 3&1&1\end {array} \right] . $$ The reduced row echelon form is $$ \left[ \begin {array}{ccc} 1&0&0\\ 0&1&0 \\ 0&0&1\end {array} \right] . $$ The corresponding system is $$ \begin{aligned} x &=0\\ y &=0\\ z&=0 \end{aligned}. $$ The solution of the above system is $x=0$,$y=0$, $z=0$. This means that the solution space of $Ax = 0 $ consists of the zero vector $$x= \left[\begin{aligned} x\\ y\\z \end{aligned}\right]= \left[\begin{aligned}0\\0 \\0 \end{aligned}\right] .$$ (a) A basis for the solution space is $$ \left[\begin{aligned}0\\0 \\0 \end{aligned}\right].$$ (b) The dimension of the solution space is $0$.
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