Math 280, Lecture 2, Feb 9

Example

Example
Example

Augmented Matrix of a System

For a 3x3 linear system with unknowns x, y, z with unique solution, the steps are as follows:

1 * * *  1 * * *  1 * * *  1 0 * * 
* * * *  0 * * *   0 1 * *    0 1 * * 
       
* * * * 0 * * * 0 * * *  0 0 * *

1 0 * *  1 0 0 a   x  a 
 0 1 * *  0 1 0 b 
    y   b 
       
0 0 1 *  0 0 1 c   z   c 