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⃗x =<br />

⎡<br />

⎢<br />

⎣<br />

x<br />

y<br />

z<br />

w<br />

⎤<br />

⎥<br />

⎦ . Then this amounts to solv<strong>in</strong>g<br />

⎡<br />

⎣<br />

1 2 3 0<br />

2 1 1 2<br />

4 5 7 2<br />

⎡<br />

⎤<br />

⎦⎢<br />

⎣<br />

5.9. The General Solution of a L<strong>in</strong>ear System 319<br />

x<br />

y<br />

z<br />

w<br />

⎤<br />

⎡<br />

⎥<br />

⎦ = ⎣<br />

This is the l<strong>in</strong>ear system<br />

x + 2y + 3z = 0<br />

2x + y + z + 2w = 0<br />

4x + 5y + 7z + 2w = 0<br />

To solve, set up the augmented matrix and row reduce to f<strong>in</strong>d the reduced row-echelon form.<br />

⎡<br />

⎣<br />

1 2 3 0 0<br />

2 1 1 2 0<br />

4 5 7 2 0<br />

⎤<br />

⎦ →···→<br />

⎡<br />

⎢<br />

⎣<br />

0<br />

0<br />

0<br />

1 0 − 1 3<br />

0 1<br />

⎤<br />

⎦<br />

4<br />

3<br />

0<br />

5<br />

3<br />

− 2 3<br />

0<br />

0 0 0 0 0<br />

This yields x = 1 3 z− 4 3 w and y = 2 3 w− 5 3z. S<strong>in</strong>ce null(A) consists of the solutions to this system, it consists<br />

⎤<br />

⎥<br />

⎦<br />

vectors of the form,<br />

⎡<br />

⎢<br />

⎣<br />

1<br />

3 z − 4 3 w<br />

2<br />

3 w − 5 3 z<br />

z<br />

w<br />

⎤ ⎡<br />

⎥<br />

⎦ = z ⎢<br />

⎣<br />

1<br />

3<br />

− 5 3<br />

1<br />

0<br />

⎤ ⎡<br />

⎥<br />

⎦ + w ⎢<br />

⎣<br />

− 4 3<br />

2<br />

3<br />

0<br />

1<br />

⎤<br />

⎥<br />

⎦<br />

♠<br />

Consider the follow<strong>in</strong>g example.<br />

Example 5.67: A General Solution<br />

The general solution of a l<strong>in</strong>ear system of equations is the set of all possible solutions. F<strong>in</strong>d the<br />

general solution to the l<strong>in</strong>ear system,<br />

⎡ ⎤<br />

⎡<br />

⎤ x ⎡ ⎤<br />

1 2 3 0<br />

⎣ 2 1 1 2 ⎦⎢<br />

y<br />

9<br />

⎥<br />

⎣ z ⎦ = ⎣ 7 ⎦<br />

4 5 7 2<br />

25<br />

w<br />

⎡<br />

given that ⎢<br />

⎣<br />

x<br />

y<br />

z<br />

w<br />

⎤ ⎡<br />

⎥<br />

⎦ = ⎢<br />

⎣<br />

1<br />

1<br />

2<br />

1<br />

⎤<br />

⎥<br />

⎦ is one solution.

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