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Q#02: Solve the given system in to Reduced Echelon form:

Solution:
Augmented Matrix is

⌈2 0 1 1⌉

|2 4 -1 -2|

⌊1 -8 -3 2⌋

Make the pivot entry 1.

⌈1 -8 -3 2⌉

|2 4 -1 -2| (interchange R1 and R3)

⌊2 0 1 1⌋

Subtracting R3 from R2.

⌈1 -8 -3 2⌉

|0 4 0 -1| (R2-R3)

⌊2 0 1 1⌋

Subtracting R3 from 2R1.

⌈1 -8 -3 2⌉

|0 4 0 -1| (R3-2R1)

⌊0 16 7 -3⌋

⌈1 -8 -3 2⌉

|0 4 0 -1| (R3-4R2)

⌊0 0 7 1⌋
⌈1 0 -3 0⌉

|0 4 0 -1| (R1+2R2)

⌊0 0 7 1⌋

Then

⌈7 0 0 3⌉

|0 4 0 -1| (7R1+3R3)

⌊0 0 7 1⌋

And

⌈1 0 0 3/7⌉ (1/7R1)

|0 1 0 -1/4| (1/4R2)

⌊0 0 1 1/7⌋ (1/7R3)
Now we have

x1 = 3/7
x2 = -1/4
x3 = 1/7 Ans.

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