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LA3A 20022024 015116pm
LA3A 20022024 015116pm
LA3A 20022024 015116pm
Week 3
Part A
Topics:
Row Operations
Echelon Form
Reduced Echelon Form
Gauss Elimination
Gauss-Jordan reduction
NOTE: Since it is not possible
to eliminate any entries by
using 0 as a pivot element,
R3 : R3-2R1
R4: R4-3R1
R3 : R3+2R2
R4: R4-2R2
R4: R4-R3
This augmented matrix represents a strictly triangular system.
x1+x2+x3+x4 = 6
-x2-x3+x4 = 0
-3x3-2x4 = -13
-x4 = -2
Solve NOW! by back substitution, to obtain the solution (2, −1, 3, 2).
Convert this to Row Echelon Form
and then solve further…
It follows from the last row of the reduced matrix that the system is inconsistent. The
three equations in system (a) represent lines in the plane. The first two lines intersect at
the point (2, −1). However, the third line does not pass through this point. Thus, there
are no points that lie on all three lines (see Figure 1.2.1).
Underdetermined Systems