MAT 202 Homework Day 3
USE MATRICES to Solve each of the given systems.
x + y + z = 0
3x + 3y + 12z = 0
1. 2x − y + z = 0 x + y + 4z = 0
3x − z = 0 4.
2x + 5y + 20z = 0
−x + 2y + 8z = 0
2x + y − 3z = 0
2. 4x + 2z = 0 2x + y + 2z = 4
−2x + 3y − 13z = 0 5. 2x + 2y = 5
2x − y + 6z = 2
3x + 3y + 12z = 6
x + y + 4z = 2
3. 2x + y + 2z = 0
2x + 5y + 20z = 10 6. 2x + 2y = 0
−x + 2y + 8z = 4 2x − y + 6z = 0
Find the solutions to the linear systems represented by the following aug-
mented matrices. Assume the variables are x, y, and z.
1 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2
7. 0 0 1 0 8. 0 0 0 1 9. 0 1 0 −3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
———————————————–ANSWERS————————————————–
1. x = 0 4. x = 0 7. x = −2t
y=0 y = −4t y=t
z=0 z=t
z=0
2. − 21 t 5. x = 23 − 2t
y = 4t y = 1 + 2t 8. No Solution
z=t z=t
9. x = 2
3. x = 0 6. x = −2t
y = 2 − 4t y = 2t y = −3
z=t z=t z=4