Can you divide one row by another in Gauss-Jordan elimination?

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Generally, Can I divide r1/(-)r3?
 
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burton95 said:
Generally, Can I divide r1/(-)r3?

If you mean can you divide one row by another, no. You can only do linear combinations of rows multiplied by constants.
 

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