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 - Review Exercises - Page 222: 43

Answer

(a) A basis for the solution space is $$ \left[\begin{aligned}2 \\1\\0\\ 0 \end{aligned}\right], \left[\begin{aligned} 3 \\0\\4 \\ 1 \end{aligned}\right] .$$ (b) The dimension of the solution space is $2$.

Work Step by Step

The coefficient matrix is given by $$ \left[ \begin {array}{cccc} 2&4&3&-6\\ 1&2&2&-5 \\ 3&6&5&-11\end {array} \right] . $$ The reduced row echelon form is $$ \left[ \begin {array}{cccc} 1&2&0&3\\ 0&0&1&-4 \\ 0&0&0&0\end {array} \right] . $$ The corresponding system is $$ \begin{aligned} x_1 +2x_2- 3x_4 &=0\\ x_3-4x_4 &=0\\ \end{aligned}. $$ The solution of the above system is $x_1=- 2s+3t$,$x_2=s$,$x_3=4t$, $x_4=t$. This means that the solution space of $Ax = 0 $ consists of the vectors on the form $$x= \left[\begin{aligned} x_1\\ x_2\\x_3\\x_4 \end{aligned}\right]= \left[\begin{aligned} 2s+3t\\s\\4t\\ t \end{aligned}\right] = s\left[\begin{aligned}2 \\1\\0\\ 0 \end{aligned}\right]+t\left[\begin{aligned} 3 \\0\\4 \\ 1 \end{aligned}\right] .$$ (a) A basis for the solution space is $$ \left[\begin{aligned}2 \\1\\0\\ 0 \end{aligned}\right], \left[\begin{aligned} 3 \\0\\4 \\ 1 \end{aligned}\right] .$$ (b) The dimension of the solution space is $2$.
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