MATH 013

PRELIM HOMEWORK 1

1. Identify the elementary row operation(s) being performed to obtain the new row equivalent
matrix
−2 5 1 13 0 −39
a. [ ] [ ]
3 −1 −8 3 −1 −8

3 −1 −4 3 −1 −4
b. [ ][ ]
−4 3 7 5 0 −5

0 −1 −5 5 −1 3 −7 6
c. [−1 3 −7 6]  [ 0 −1 −5 5 ]
4 −5 1 3 0 7 −27 27

−1 −2 3 −2 −1 −2 3 −2
d. [ 2 −5 1 −7]  [ 0 −9 7 −11]
5 −4 −7 6 0 −6 8 −4

2. Find the solution set of the system of linear equations represented by the following augmented
matrices.
1 0 0 2 1 −1 3
a. [ ]
0 1 2 c. [1 −1 1 0]
0 1 2 1
1 −1 0 3
b. [0 1 −2 1 ] 1 2 0 1 4
0 0 1 −1 d. [ 0 1 2 1 3 ]
0 0 1 2 1
0 0 0 1 4
3. Determine whether the matrix is in row-echelon form. If it is, determine if it is also in reduced
row echelon form.
1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
a. [0 1 1 2] d. [0 1 3 4]
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
b. [ ]
1 0 2 1 e. [0 0 0 1 0]
0 0 0 0 0

2 0 1 3
c. [0 −1 1 4] 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 f. [ 0 0 0 1]
0 0 0 0
4. Solve the following system using Gaussian Elimination with Backward Substitution
𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 7 −3𝑥 + 5𝑦 = −22
a. {
2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 8 c. { 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 4
4𝑥 − 8𝑦 = 32
−𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 1.5
b. {
2𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 3 𝑥1 − 3𝑥3 = −2
d. {3𝑥1 + 𝑥2 − 2𝑥3 = 5
2𝑥1 + 2𝑥2 + 𝑥3 = 4
5. Solve the system using Gauss-Jordan Reduction

4𝑥 + 12 − 7𝑧 − 20𝑤 = 22
a. {
3𝑥 + 9𝑦 − 5𝑧 − 28𝑤 = 30

2𝑥1 − 3𝑥3 = 3
b. { 4𝑥1 − 3𝑥2 + 7𝑥3 = 5
8𝑥1 − 9𝑥2 + 15𝑥3 = 10

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