document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=328900>Question 328900</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve the system\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7x-y-z= -32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-4y+z= -25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+3y-2z = -7 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #235730 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=235730\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I was going to do a matrix inversion to solve the problem. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "First step was to get the determinant of the matrix.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The result I got was zero which means the system is dependent. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A quick look at the row shows that row 1 is equal to the sum of row 2 and row 3.  </SPAN>\n" );
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