Worksheet 5 - Gauss Reduction

1. Solve the following systems (where possible) using Gaussian elimination for examples in
left-hand column and the Gauss-Jordan method for those in the right.
(a) x + y+ z = 6 (b) 2x − 7y − z = −3
x− y +z = 10 x − 3y + z = −1
2x + 2y − z = 3 4x − y + 2z = 7

(c) 2x − y − z = −5 (d) x − 2y + 3z = 17
x + 3y + z = 6 2x + y + z = 4
3x − y − 2z = −7 4x + y − z = −2

(e) 3x + y − z = −2 (f) 5x + y − 2z = 21
x − 2y + 3z = −1 3y + z = 2
4x − 7y + 10z = −5 2x −z = 8

(g) 3x − 2y + z = −5 (h) x + 2y − z = −3
x + y −z = 6 2x + 3z = 17
3x − 8y − 7z = −7 −x + y + 4z = 6

(i) x + 2y + z = 0 (j) x + 2y + z = 0
2x + y + z = 3 2x + y + 2z = 3
x + 5y + 2z = −3 x − y +z = 2

(l) 2x + y − z + w = −2
(k) x − y + 4z = −5
3x − 2y + z + 2w = 7
2x + 3y − 2z = 15
x + y − z + 4w = −10
x + 9y − 6z = 35
4x + 2y − 3z − w = −1.

Answers
1. (a) x = 5, y = −2, z = 3 (b) x = 2, y = 1, z = 0 (c) x = −1, y = 2, z = 1
(d) x = 1, y = −2, z = 4 (e) x = −1, y = 3, z = 2 (f) x = 5, y = 0, z = 2
(g) x = 1, y = 3, z = −2 (h) x = 4, y = −2, z = 3 (i) x = 2 − t/3, y = −(3 + t)/3, z = t
(j) No solution (k) x = 2, y = 3, z = −1 (l) x = 2, y = −1, z = 3, w = −2