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Question 64179:  x - y + w = -4 
-2x + y + z = 8 
2x - 2y - z = -10 
-2x + z + w = 5
 
Please solve this system of equations using the reduced row echelon form of the matrix. 
 Answer by venugopalramana(3286)      (Show Source): 
You can  put this solution on YOUR website! PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE AND TRY.IF STILL IN DIFFICULTY PLEASE COME BACK 
--------Linear_Algebra/35842: Use the Gauss Jordan method to 
solve the system of equations: 
x+y+2z=7 
3x-y+z=10 
2x+y-3z=-6 
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Answer 21966 by venugopalramana(2734) About Me  on 
2006-05-02 06:35:47 (Show Source): 
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 
Use the Gauss Jordan method to solve the system of 
equations: 
x+y+2z=7.......... I 
3x-y+z=10............II 
2x+y-3z=-6................III 
THE COEFFICIENT AND AUGMENTED MATRIX IS 
X,Y,Z,CONSTANT 
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1,1,2,7...............MEANS EQN.I 
3,-1,1,10.............MEANS EQN.II 
2,1,-3,-6.............MEANS EQN.III
 
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Linear_Algebra/20750: Hi, I'm in homeschooling and I'm 
having trouble with matrices. I was wondering how to 
solve the problem where you have to find the x,y, and 
z values in the matrix: 
[7 -7 5 | 9] 
[9 5 -7 | -17] 
[6 1 -7 | -2] 
I'd appreciate the help. Thank you! 
Caitlyn Reese 
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Answer 9969 by venugopalramana(390) on 2005-11-28 
07:14:11 (Show Source): 
the 4 column heads represent x,y,z and constant term 
in the matrix of system of eqns. 
then each row gives us one eqn.like say row 1 gives us 
that 7x-7y+5z=9..etc… 
hence if we can make the matrix to become 
1 0 0 ? 
0 1 0 ?? 
0 0 1 ??? 
then from the explantion given above it means 
1x=?.1y=?? And 1z=??? 
so we try to transform the matrix in to that form..by 
the following steps. 
in fact using the above explanation,you can see that 
what we do at each step is just 
divide each eqn. with a constant/add/subtract etc 
which does not change the basic 
eqn.for ex. dividing row 1 by 7 means change the given 
eqn.7x-7y+5z=9 to x-y+5z/7=9/7 
legend:- or1 means old row 1..nr1 means new row 1…r1 
means the existing row 1 please note that no changes 
are made in rows other than those mentioned at each 
step. 
start with given matrix … 
7...... -7..... 5...... 9 
9...... 5...... -7..... -17 
6...... 1...... -7..... -2 
step 1…we want to make 1st.row 1st.column as 
1….so….nr1=or1/7... 
1...... -1..... (5/7).. (9/7) 
9...... 5...... -7..... -17 
6...... 1...... -7..... -2 
step 2..we want to make 2nd/3rd.rows,col.1 as 
0...so...nr2=or2-9*r1........nr3=or3-6*r1 
1...... -1..... (5/7).. (9/7) 
0... 14..... (-7-9*5/7).... (-17-9*9/7) 
0...... 7...... (-7-6*5/7)..... (-2-6*9/7) 
step 3…we want to make 2nd.row.2nd.col.as 
1..so..nr2=or2/14 
1...... -1..... 5/7.... 9/7 
0...... 1...... (-94/7)/14..... (-200/7)/14 
0...... 7...... (-7-6*5/7)..... (-2-6*9/7) 
step 4..we want to make 3rd.row.2nd.col.as 
0…so….nr3=or3-7*r2 
1...... -1..... (5/7).. (9/7) 
0...... 1...... (-94/7)/14..... (-200/7)/14 
0 0 (-79/7)-7*(-94/98) (68/7)-7*(-200/98) 
step 5….we want to make 3rd.row.3rd.col.as 
1…so….nr3=or3/(-32/7) 
1...... -1..... (5/7).. (9/7) 
0...... 1...... (-94/98)... (-200/98) 
0...... 0..... 1...... -1 
step 6…we want to make 1st/2nd.row 3rd.col.as 
0..so..nr1=or1-5*r3/7...nr2=or2+94*r3/98 
1...... -1..... 0..... 2 
0...... 1...... 0...... -3 
0...... 0...... 1...... -1 
step7….we want to make 1st.row 2nd.col.as 
0..so….nr1=or1+r2 
1...... 0...... 0...... -1 
0...... 1...... 0...... -3 
0...... 0...... 1...... -1 
so x=-1.....y=-3.....and z=-1...you can check back 
YOU CAN SEE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR 
REFERENCE 
How do I perform the next required row operation on 
the following matrix and provide only the next table: 
x y z 
1 28 14 245 
0 3 7 42 
0 7 7 -38 
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Answer 9892 by venugopalramana(370) About Me on 
2005-11-25 08:01:32 (Show Source): 
trust you want to solve the equations for x,y and z 
and you are at this stage now....assuming that 
.....our objective is to finally get the matrix if 
possible into the following form ....(i am using 
....to seperate the numbers with suitable gaps..your 
typing is giving raise to uneven gaps bringing a 
little lack of clarity) 
1.....0.....0.....x 
0.....1.....0.....y 
0.....0.....1.....z 
now we have 
1......28.....14.....245 
0.......3......7......42 
0.......7......7.....-38 
new row2=old row2/3.......to get 1 as required in 
row2.so we get... 
1......28.....14.....245 
0......3/3....7/3....42/3 
0.......7......7.....-38 
new row3=oldrow3-7*row2 to get 0 as required in row3 
1......28.....14...........245 
0.......1.....7/3...........14 
0......7-7*1..7-7*7/3......-38-7*14 
new row3 = old row3/(-28/3)..to get 1 as required in 
row3 
1......28.....14...................245 
0.......1.....7/3...................14 
0.......0....(-28/3)/(-28/3).....(-136)/(-28/3) 
this gives us finally in the following form 
1......28.....14............245 
0.......1.....7/3...........14 
0.......0......1............102/7 
now we go back in the same way to get 0 in row2 and 
row3 
new row2=old row2-row3*7/3...and new row1=old 
row1-row3*14...so we get 
1......28......14-1*14.......245-(102/7)*14 
0.......1.......7/3-(7/3)*1...14-(102/7)*(7/3) 
0.......0.........1.............102/7 
the above on simplification gives us 
1.......28.......0..........41 
0........1.......0..........-20 
0........0.......1..........102/7 
now finally we take new row1=old row1-28*row2 
1.......28-28*1......0.......41-(-28*20) 
0........1.......0...........-20 
0........0.......1...........102/7 
so the final answer is 
1......0.......0.......601 
0......1.......0.......-20 
0......0.......1.......102/7 
which tells us that 
1*x+0*y+0*z=x=601 
0*x+1*y+0*z=y=-20 
0*x+0*y+1*z=z=102/7 
note that each and every transformation we did above 
can be interpreted as given in the last statement 
given above...this i hope will give you the insight of 
the process at every step.you can also substitute 
these values of x,y and z in each and every matrix 
above to see that they satify all the equations given 
by the different matrices..in general each mtrix can 
be taken as a set of simltanous equations in x,y and 
z...they can be written as follows..take column 1 is 
for x,column 2 is for y and column 3 is for z.so the 
first matrix you gave 
1......28.....14.....245 
0.......3......7......42 
0.......7......7.....-38 
tells us that 
1*x+28*y+14*z=245....etc...
 
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