document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=156056>Question 156056</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have been performing Gaussian Elimination, and now you have all of the lower<BR>\n" );
document.write( "triangle elements with value 0. What are you ready to do? I think the answer is c, but I want to make sure\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. Nothing, you are done with Gaussian Elimination<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. Start with forwards elimination<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. Start backwards elimination<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. Start over; you are supposed to have all zeroes in the upper triangle </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #115025 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=115025\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are correct. You want to end up with a matrix with a diagonal of 1's where every other element (except for the far right column) is zero. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: It's not always possible to obtain this since you may have no solutions or an infinite number of solutions. </SPAN>\n" );
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