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Lab5 Consistency

The document describes how to test if a system of linear equations is consistent or inconsistent and how to solve it using MATLAB. It explains that the augmented matrix is constructed by appending the column matrix b to the coefficient matrix A. The rank of A and the augmented matrix are calculated and if they are equal, the system is consistent. It then tests if the system has a unique solution, infinite solutions, or is inconsistent for three example systems of linear equations.

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Lab5 Consistency

The document describes how to test if a system of linear equations is consistent or inconsistent and how to solve it using MATLAB. It explains that the augmented matrix is constructed by appending the column matrix b to the coefficient matrix A. The rank of A and the augmented matrix are calculated and if they are equal, the system is consistent. It then tests if the system has a unique solution, infinite solutions, or is inconsistent for three example systems of linear equations.

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Laboratory-5 experiments

CONSISTENCY OF SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS

Aim: To test whether the system of linear equations is consistent or not and hence to solve.

Procedure: 1) Construct the augmented matrix by appending the column matrix b into A i.e.[A:b]

2) Find the rank of A and [A:b]. If ranks are equal then declare system as
“Consistent” otherwise “Inconsistent”

3) When system is consistent

– it will have unique solution if rank of A = rank of [A:b] = number of unknowns

– it will have infinite solutions if rank of A = rank of [A:b] < number of unknowns

4) Solve the system of equations using “solve” command.

Matlab commands: input, rank

Syntax: input - Prompt for user input.

RESULT = input(PROMPT)

displays the PROMPT string on the screen, waits for input from the keyboard, evaluates any
expressions in the input and returns the value in RESULT.

rank - Matrix rank.

rank(A)

provides an estimate of the number of linearly independent rows or columns of a matrix A

Activities

Test for consistency and hence solve the following systems.

1) 2) 3)
clear

A=input('Enter the Coefficient Matrix')


b=input('Enter the RHS Matrix')

% Construct the augmented marix Ag


Ag=[A b];
% Find the rank of coefficient matrix A and augmented marix Ag
ra=rank(A);
rg=rank(Ag);

syms x y z
D=[x; y; z];
F=A*D;
SS=F==b

if (ra==rg)
disp('System is consistent')
sz=size(A);
S=solve([SS],{x y z});
if (ra==sz(end))
disp('System has Unique solution and is')
else
disp('System has infinite solutions and one particular solution
is')
end
disp(S)
else
disp('System is Inconsistent')
end
% To visualization of planes
fimplicit3(SS)
1.

System is Inconsistent

2.

System is consistent

System has infinite solutions and one particular solution is


x: 7/11
y: 3/11
z: 0
3.

System is consistent

System has Unique solution and is

x: 48250/19893
y: 71078/19893
z: 12771/6631

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