MHB Solving Systems of Six Equations with Nine Variables

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The details for Archetype J (System with
six equations,
nine variables.
Consistent.
Null space of coefficient matrix has dimension 5.)

include several sample solutions.

Verify that one of these solutions is correct (any one, but just one).
Based only on this evidence, and especially without doing any row operations,
explain how you know this system of linear equations has infinitely many solutions

Ok the only thing I can think of the there is more variables than equations so you cannot have a unique solution
also I didn't know exactly what "Null space of coefficient matrix has dimension 5" meant
 
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