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Exercise 5

Avg difficulty 3.0

Lemma 3.7 says that we can use any particular solution for p⃗\vec{p}. Find, if possible, a general solution to this system

x−y+w=42x+3y−z=0y+z+w=4\begin{array}{rcrcrcrcr}x&-&y&&&+&w&=&4\\ 2x&+&3y&-&z&&&=&0\\ &&y&+&z&+&w&=&4\end{array}

that uses the given vector as its particular solution.

  • (a)  (0004)\begin{pmatrix}0\\ 0\\ 0\\ 4\end{pmatrix}     (b)  (−51−710)\begin{pmatrix}-5\\ 1\\ -7\\ 10\end{pmatrix}     (c)  (2−111)\begin{pmatrix}2\\ -1\\ 1\\ 1\end{pmatrix}

Hefferon, Linear Algebra, Linear Systems, General=Particular+Homogeneous, Exercise 5

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