Question
Solve the following system of equations using Gaussian elimination or Gauss-Jordan elimination. Use a graphing calculator to check your answer. a+b-c=5 a-b+c=7 3a+b-c=-6 Select the correct choice below and, if necessary fill in the answer boxes to complete your choice. A. There is one solution. The solutior-is (square ,square ,square ) (Type integers or simplified fractions.) B. There are infinitely many solutions of the form (square ,square ,z) , where z is any real number. (Simplify your answers. Type expressions using z as the variable.) C. There is no solution
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Erika
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Resposta
To solve the system of equations using Gaussian elimination, we first write the augmented matrix for the system:
Step 1: Use row operations to get a leading 1 in the first row, first column (which is already done).Step 2: Eliminate the first column entries below the leading 1 by subtracting appropriate multiples of the first row from the other rows.- Subtract the first row from the second row:
- Subtract 3 times the first row from the third row:
The matrix now looks like this:
Step 3: Use row operations to make the second row, second column entry a leading 1. Divide the second row by -2:
The matrix now looks like this:
Step 4: Eliminate the second column entries above and below the leading 1 in the second row.- Subtract the second row from the first row:
- Add 2 times the second row to the third row:
The matrix now looks like this:
Since the last row corresponds to the equation
, which is a contradiction, there is no solution to the system of equations.Therefore, the correct choice is:C. There is no solution.