SOLUTION: You have worked a system down to the following augmented matrix. What can be said of the solution 1 0 1 5 0 1 3 13 0 0 0 7

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Question 759964: You have worked a system down to the following augmented matrix. What can be said of the solution
1 0 1 5
0 1 3 13
0 0 0 7
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You have worked a system down to the following augmented matrix. What can be said of the solution
1 0 1 5
0 1 3 13
0 0 0 7
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The data implies a contradiction: 0x + 0y + 0z = 7
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The system of equations is inconsistent.
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The determinant of the coefficient matrix is zero.
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The coefficient matrix is sigular.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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