called Row Reduction Gaussian Elimination You can not scale

by zero !
What we are
doing is
,
or

Ex : Solve X -2x2 + X3 = 0
,

2x2 -
8xz =
8

5x1 -

5Xz = 18

Step 1) Construct Augmented Matrix

Step 2) use
row reduction to
simplify matrix
.

[ ii) I I I 1 [0 I
10

!
I -
2 I
-

2 10 -

2
-
2

ERz
Sr the
-
-
,
8 2 02 -

88 I 1 -
44
~

50 510 0 10 18 10 10-1010 . 30
-
30
0
-
-

LHS RHS
Back substitution

[..
=X1
-

1 = 0 = X1 = 1 to all
I -
2 X ,
-
2x2 + xz = 0 solution set
R3 X2 4
~ 0 -
4
-

4y3 =
these matrix

4(X3)

E
xz 1 = X2
-
= 4
Xi
=
1
-

xz
-
4( 1) - =
4
X2 =
0

x2 + 4 = 4
x3 = -
1

Xz =
j

Example : Solve preferably not have cr, , to be a nonzero #

[ I [ I Eth
I I
8 0
-
4 S 2 -
3 2 2 I
X2 -

4Xz =
- r 4) r2
,
-

2x , -

3X2 + 2x3 = / 2
-
3 2 I 0 -
4 S -

48
-

4)x1 8x2 + 12X3 1 4 8 I 2 8 1

f I
=
4 12
-

12
- - -
-

No solution No solution No solution

[iii)
2R2 + R3
2x 3X2 2x3 1 This has
system
-
+ =
,
~

OX1 + (xz -

4X3 =
8 No solution

00015 ox1 + 0Xz + 0x3 = 15 = OF 15

No solution

In this case the solution said to be

,
set is
empty
.

Definition If a linear solution called .

consistent
-
:
system has a ,
it is

If no solution , the linear system is called in consistent