Department of Mathematics

Assoc. Prof. W. Emam

Spring 2019

Mathematics
for Management Students (MATH-201)
Worksheet Nr. (5)

Systems of Linear Equations

Exercise 1.

Solve each one of the following systems by using Cramer's method:

Exercise 2:

Use elementary row operations to reduce the given matrix to:

a. Row echelon form,
b. Reduced row echelon form.
2 −4 −2 6 −2 −4 7
𝐴=[ ], 𝐵 = [−3 −6 10 ]
3 1 6 6
1 2 −3
Exercise 3:

Solve the given system of equations using either Gaussian or Gaussian- Jordan eliminations.
𝑥− 𝑦+ 𝑧=0 2𝑤 + 3𝑥 − 𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 0
(a) −𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 5 (b) 3𝑤 − 𝑥 +𝑧 =1
3𝑥 + 𝑦 + 7𝑧 = 2 3𝑤 − 4𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 2
 1
𝑥 + 𝑥2 − 𝑥3 − 6𝑥4 = 2
2 1
1 1
(c) 𝑥1 + 𝑥2 − 3𝑥4 + 𝑥5 = −1
6 2
1
𝑥 − 2𝑥3 − 4𝑥5 = 8
3 1