Thread: Augmented matrix

The following matrix is a reduced augmented matrix obtained from a system of equations. The system has ____ solutions

1 0 3 -5 7
0 1 -2 0 4
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
My answer is No solutions, is this right based on number of zeros. thanks for checking.

Originally Posted by kwtolley

The following matrix is a reduced augmented matrix obtained from a system of equations. The system has ____ solutions

1 0 3 -5 7
0 1 -2 0 4
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
My answer is No solutions, is this right based on number of zeros. thanks for checking.

Since (7,4,0,0)' is a solution it must have more than zero solutions.

RonL

Thank you for looking over the problem, I think I miss understood my text book.