SOLUTION: Use the Gauss-Jordan method to solve the system of equations. x-y=2 y-z=0 x+z=6 What is the solution set?

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Question 664130: Use the Gauss-Jordan method to solve the system of equations.
x-y=2
y-z=0
x+z=6

What is the solution set?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The system

x-y=2
y-z=0
x+z=6

is the same as

1x-1y+0z=2
0x+1y-1z=0
1x+0y+1z=6

and that converts to this matrix

1	-1	0	2
0	1	-1	0
1	0	1	6


Now perform row reduction

1	-1	0	2
0	1	-1	0
1	0	1	6


1	-1	0	2	
0	1	-1	0	
0	1	1	4	R3 + (-1)*R1


1	0	-1	2	R1 + (1)*R2
0	1	-1	0	
0	1	1	4	


1	0	-1	2	
0	1	-1	0	
0	0	2	4	R3 + (-1)*R2


1	0	-1	2	
0	1	-1	0	
0	0	1	2	0.5*R3


1	0	0	4	R1 + (1)*R3
0	1	-1	0	
0	0	1	2	


1	0	0	4	
0	1	0	2	R2 + (1)*R3
0	0	1	2	




The right hand column has the values, 4, 2 and 2.

So x = 4, y = 2, and z = 2 are the three solutions

The solution as an ordered triple is therefore (4, 2, 2)

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