# Recent questions tagged system-of-equations

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The equations. $x_{1}+2x_{2}+3x_{3}=1$ $x_{1}+4x_{2}+9x_{3}=1$ $x_{1}+8x_{2}+27x_{3}=1$ have Only one solution Two solutions Infinitely many solutions No solutions
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If the following system has non-trivial solution, $px + qy + rz = 0$ $qx + ry + pz = 0$ $rx + py + qz = 0$, then which one of the following options is TRUE? $p - q + r = 0 \text{ or } p = q = -r$ $p + q - r = 0 \text{ or } p = -q = r$ $p + q + r = 0 \text{ or } p = q = r$ $p - q + r = 0 \text{ or } p = -q = -r$
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What values of x, y and z satisfy the following system of linear equations? $\begin{bmatrix} 1 &2 &3 \\ 1& 3 &4 \\ 2& 2 &3 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} x\\y \\ z \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 6\\8 \\ 12 \end{bmatrix}$ $x = 6$, $y = 3$, $z = 2$ $x = 12$, $y = 3$, $z = - 4$ $x = 6$, $y = 6$, $z = - 4$ $x = 12$, $y = - 3$, $z = 0$
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Let $Ax = b$ be a system of linear equations where $A$ is an $m \times n$ matrix and $b$ is a $m \times 1$ column vector and $X$ is an $n \times1$ column vector of unknowns. Which of the following is false? The system has a solution if and only if, both $A$ ... system has a unique solution. The system will have only a trivial solution when $m=n$, $b$ is the zero vector and $\text{rank}(A) =n$.
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Consider the following system of equations: $3x + 2y = 1$ $4x + 7z = 1$ $x + y + z = 3$ $x - 2y + 7z = 0$ The number of solutions for this system is ______________
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Derive the expressions for the number of operations required to solve a system of linear equations in $n$ unknowns using the Gaussian Elimination Method. Assume that one operation refers to a multiplication followed by an addition.
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Consider the following set of equations $x+2y=5\\ 4x+8y=12\\ 3x+6y+3z=15$ This set has unique solution has no solution has finite number of solutions has infinite number of solutions
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Consider the following system of linear equations : $2x_1 - x_2 + 3x_3 = 1$ $3x_1 + 2x_2 + 5x_3 = 2$ $-x_1+4x_2+x_3 = 3$ The system of equations has no solution a unique solution more than one but a finite number of solutions an infinite number of solutions
How many solutions does the following system of linear equations have? $-x + 5y = -1$ $x - y = 2$ $x + 3y = 3$ infinitely many two distinct solutions unique none
Consider the following system of linear equations ... matrix are linearly dependent. For how many values of $\alpha$, does this system of equations have infinitely many solutions? $0$ $1$ $2$ $3$
The following system of equations $x_1 + x_2 + 2x_3 = 1$ $x_1 + 2x_2 + 3x_3 = 2$ $x_1 + 4x_2 + αx_3 = 4$ has a unique solution. The only possible value(s) for $α$ is/are $0$ either $0$ or $1$ one of $0, 1$, or $-1$ any real number