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4.7 Exercise 128

Avg difficulty 2.5

Perform the indicated operations on the augmented matrices.

[1−3−222−14−2−3|4−3−1]\left[\right. \begin{aligned}1 & & & −3 & & & −2 \\ 2 & & & 2 & & & −1 \\ 4 & & & −2 & & & −3\end{aligned} \left|\right. \begin{matrix}4 \\ −3 \\ −1\end{matrix} \left]\right.

ⓐ Interchange rows 2 and 3.
ⓑ Multiply row 1 by 2.
ⓒ Multiply row 3 by −2−2 and add to row 2.

OpenStax Intermediate Algebra 2e, 4.7 Graphing Systems of Linear Inequalities, exercise 128

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