Exercise 1

1.

When does a system of linear equation can be considered as consistent?

2.

How many basic operations correspond to the Elementary Row Operation (ERO)?
List down all the operations.

3.

(a)

Determine which matrices are in echelon form and which are in reduced echelon form.

1 0 0 0
1 0 1 0
0 1 0 0 (b) 0 1 1 0

0 0 1 1
0 0 0 1

1 0 1 1

(e) 0 1 1 1

0 0 0 0
4.

1 0 0 0

(f) 0 2 0 0

0 0 1 1

0
1
0
0

0
1
0
0

0
0
0

1
0
(d)
0

1
2
0
0

0
0
0
0

1
2
3
0

1
2
3

0
1
(g)
0

0
2
0
0

0
0
1
0

0
0
0

0
0
(h)
0

1
0
0
0

1
1
0
0

1
1
0
0

1
1
1

Find the general solutions of the linear systems below.

x1 2 x2 4 x3 8
(a) 2 x1 4 x2 6 x3 8

x1 2 x2 4 x3 5

3x2 6 x3 6 x4 4 x5 5

(b) 2 x1 4 x2 5 x3 4

3x1 6 x2 9 x3 12

5.

1
0
(c)
0

3x1 7 x2 8 x3 5 x4 8 x5 9

(c)

4 x1 5 x2 4 x3 2

3x1 9 x2 12 x3 9 x4 6 x5 15

Find the general solutions of the systems whose augmented matrices are given as follows.

1 3 4 7

3 9 6 6

(a)

1 2 1 4

2 4 5 6

(d)

1 3

0 1
(g)
0 0

0 0

1 3 0 5

3 7 0 9

0 1 2 3

1 3 4 6

(b)

(e)

0 1 0 2

0 0 4 1
0 1 9 4

0 0 0 0

(c)

3 2 4 0

9 6 12 0
6 4 8 0

(h)

0
0

(f)

0 5 0 8
1 4 1 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0

0
0

6
0

0 9
1 3
0 0
0 0

0 4

0 1
1 7

0 1