I've been doing Gaussian Elimination in a Linear Algebra class, but I have a question:
How do I formally prove that elementary row operations do not change the set of solutions to a system of linear equations?
Thanks.
Solve the following system of equations using Gaussian elimination:
3w+10x-2y+3z=55
w+12x-11y-z= 69
-3w-6x-5y-10z=-47
-3w+9x+5y+4z=-1
Here's what I did so far:
swap R1 and R2 (row 1 and row 2)
-3R1+R2 (multiply row 1 by -3 and add row 2 to that product)
3R1+R3
3R1+R4
Now, after...
I used Gaussian elimination on a matrix to find the soultions. I know that there is either no solutions or infinatley many, but the matrix is confusing me.
The only definition I have of when a matrix has infinatley many solutions is when a zero row is equal to zero, and no solutions when a zero...
S =
Columns 1 through 3
1.0000 0 0
0 1.0000 0
0 0 1.0000
Columns 4 through 5
0.2750 -0.2786
-0.1750 0.5929
0.2250 0.1357
Which is the rref of
A =
2 9 9 1 6
2...
Any help on this one would be greatly appreciated. Due to that I can't find much of a connection (due to lack of inconsistent set of linear equations), and the fact that I'm unable to explain it properly, can someone please help me?
Here's the question:
If a system of linear equations is...
I tried to solve this Gaussian elimination algorithm problem (matrices) but for some reason when I plug in the x variables it doesn't work. The problem is:
Alright so the first thing I did was divide the 1st row by 1/3 (scaling). Then I made the entries below the first pivot equal to 0...
I tried to solve this Gaussian elimination algorithm problem (matrices) but for some reason when I plug in the x variables it doesn't work. The problem is:
Alright so the first thing I did was divide the 1st row by 1/3 (scaling). Then I made the entries below the first pivot equal to 0...
I am not sure how to solve this:
Given an augmented matrix, find conditions on a, b, c for which the system has solutions:
-1 -2 3 b
-1 -6 23 c
-3 2 4 a
so by Gaussian elimination, the matrix I ended up with is
1 2 -3 -b
0 4 -20 b-c
0 0 -35...
I need a math guru to explain why and how the elimination method of solving simultaneous equations works ?
why do we add or subtract the two equations ?(I undertand in order to eradicate either term) but I need to know from the basics .
For that matter, how/why does the substitution method...