SOLUTION: The following matrix is a reduced augmented matrix obtained from a system of equations. The system has ______ solutions? 1 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 A. None

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: The following matrix is a reduced augmented matrix obtained from a system of equations. The system has ______ solutions?
1 0 0 3 6
0 1 0 5 4
0 0 0 0 -2
0 0 0 0 0

A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. infinite This question is from textbook finite mathmatics

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since the second to last row of the matrix reads like this

which becomes

where no matter what you choose for any variable, the equation will be false. So the system is inconsistent, which means there are no solutions.
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