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The document presents 6 exercises involving solving systems of linear equations: 1) Solve 5 systems of equations 2) Determine the number of solutions for 2 systems when a and b vary 3) Determine the number of solutions for a system as k varies 4) Prove statements about combining solutions of a homogeneous system 5) Find the solutions to 4 systems of equations 6) Find a system of 4 unknowns with a given solution set

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The document presents 6 exercises involving solving systems of linear equations: 1) Solve 5 systems of equations 2) Determine the number of solutions for 2 systems when a and b vary 3) Determine the number of solutions for a system as k varies 4) Prove statements about combining solutions of a homogeneous system 5) Find the solutions to 4 systems of equations 6) Find a system of 4 unknowns with a given solution set

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Linear Algebra 1 Exercise 1

1. Solve the following systems of equations: 2 x1 + 3 x2 + 4 x3 = 3 3x1 + 2 x2 x3 + x4 = 7 (a) 3x1 2 x2 + 5 x3 = 10 (b) 2 x1 + x2 3x3 x4 = 11 7 x + 9 x + 3 x = 1 2 3 1 x1 x2 + x3 + x4 = 2 x + x x + x = 2 1 2 3 4 (d) x1 + x2 + x3 x4 = 2 x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 2

(c) { x1 + 2 x2 3x3 + x4 x5 = 7

3x1 + 2 x2 + 2 x3 + 2 x4 = 2 2 + 3 + 2 + 5 = 3 x3 x4 x1 x2 9 x + x + 4 x3 5 x4 = 1 (e) 1 2 2 x + 2 x + 3 x + 4 x = 5 2 3 4 1 7 x1 + x2 + 6 x3 x4 = 7 2. For which values of a and b do the following systems of equations have one, zero or infinite number of solutions? Find the solutions (whenever they exist). 2 x1 + ax2 x3 = 2 2ax1 23x2 + 29 x3 = 4 (b) 7 x1 + ax2 + 4 x3 = 7 (a) x1 3x3 = 3 x + 2 x + ax = 1 5 x + 2 x + ax = 5 2 3 2 3 1 1

ax + 4 y + z = 0 (c) 2 y + 3z = 1 3x bz = 2 3. Determine for each k how many solutions exist for the following system of equations. Find the solutions (when they exist). kx + y + z = 1 x + ky + z = 1 x + y + kz = 1
4. Suppose we have a system of m equations in n variables, whose matrix is denoted by (A|b), where A is the coefficients matrix (A has m rows and n columns) and b is the solutions column (b has m rows). A solution to the system will be denoted by x = ( x1 , x2 ,..., xn ) . Prove or disprove: (a) If x = ( x1 , x2 ,..., xn ) and y = ( y1 , y2 ,..., yn ) are solutions to the system (A|b), then x + y = ( x1 + y1 , x2 + y2 ,..., xn + yn ) is a solution to the system. (b) If x = ( x1 , x2 ,..., xn ) and y = ( y1 , y2 ,..., yn ) are solutions to the system (A|b) then x y = ( x1 y1 , x2 y2 ,..., xn yn ) is a solution to the system

(A|0) (this is the original system but with the solutions column equal zero). (c) If x = ( x1 , x2 ,..., xn ) and y = ( y1 , y2 ,..., yn ) are solutions to the system (A|0) then x + y = ( x1 + y1 , x2 + y2 ,..., xn + yn ) is a solution to the system (A|0) for any two real numbers , . 5. Find the solutions to the following systems of equations: x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 0 (a) x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 0 (b) { x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 1 x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 1 x + x + x x = 2 1 2 3 4 (c) x1 + x2 x3 x4 = 3 x1 x2 x3 x4 = 4

x1 + ax2 + a 2 x3 = 0 (d) x1 + bx2 + b 2 x3 = 0 2 x1 + cx2 + c x3 = 0


where a, b, c are distinct real numbers ( a b, a c, b c ). 6. Find a system of four unknowns for which the set of solutions is {( s, t , s + t + 2, s + 2t + 4) | s, t } (later we shall see a general algorithm which finds a system for a given set of solutions). Is such a system unique?

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