CHAPTER1:SYSTEMSOFLINEAREQUATIONSANDMATRICES 1.1IntroductiontoSystemsofLinearEquations 2.Equationsinpart(a)donotformalinearsystemsincethesecondoneisnotalinearequation. Equationsinparts(b),(c),and(d)formlinearsystems. 3.(a)Notlinearbecauseoftheterm x 2 x 3.(b)Linear 4.(b)Wecansolvethissystembyinspectionsincethesecondequationisamultipleofthefirst. Letting4solvesbothequations,thereforethesystemisconsistent. (c)Aneasywaytofindanexampleofasolutionofthissystemwouldbebyletting0first, thenlookforvaluesofandthatsolvetheresultingsystem 4x+2z=–1 –x–3z=0 Adding4timesthesecondequationtothefirstwillyieldasimplifiedsystem –10z=–1 –x–3z=0 whichissolvedby and .Togetherwith0,thisisasolutionoftheoriginal system,showingittobeconsistent. (d)Weadd6timesthefirstequationtothethird,thenproceedtoaddthefirstequationto thefourth,andthesecondonetothefourth,obtainingasimplifiedsystem 34 51 1627 71 Clearly,thelasttwoequationsarecontradictory,thusthesystemisinconsistent. |