MATH 205

Quiz 1 Soln

September, 2008

NAME: 1. Find the reduced row echelon form of the augmented matrix of the following system of equations.

x1 + x2 + x3 2x4 x5 = 2 x1 x2 2x3 + x4 x5 = 2 2x1 + 2x2 3x4 =0

Do N OT solve!

1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 Solution: (A|b) 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 3 | 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 | 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 | 12

1 2 2

| 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4

0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2

2. The following consistent system of equations is already reduced. Identify the free variables, nd the solution, and write the solution in the form (x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 ) = . . . . x1 2x2 + 3x4 = 2 x3 x4 = 1

free variables: x2 = a, x4 = b. use of equations: x1 = 2 + 2x2 3x4 = 2 + 2a 3b, x3 = 1 + x4 = 1 + b, vector form (in R4 ): (x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 ) = (2 + 2a 3b, a, 1 + b, b).