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1.E: Exercises for Chapter 1

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Calculational Exercises

1. Solve the following systems of linear equations and characterize their solution sets.(I.e., determine whether there is a unique solution, no solution, etc.) Also, write each system of linear equations as a single function f:RnRm for appropriate choices of m,nZ+.
(a) System of 3 equations in the unknowns x,y,z,w:

x+2y2z+3w=20.2x+4y3z+4w=55x+10y8z+11w=12

(b) System of 4 equations in the unknowns x,y,z:

x+2y3zx+3y+z2x+5y4z2x+6y+2z

(c) System of 3 equations in the unknowns x,y,z:

2. Find all pairs of real numbers x1 and x2 that satisfy the system of equations

x1+3x2=2,

x1x2=1.

Proof-Writing Exercises

1. Let a,b,c, and d be real numbers, and consider the system of equations given by

ax1+bx2=0,

cx1+dx2=0

Note that x1=x2=0 is a solution for any choice of a,b,c, and d. Prove that if adbc=0, then x1=x2=0 is the only solution.


This page titled 1.E: Exercises for Chapter 1 is shared under a not declared license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Isaiah Lankham, Bruno Nachtergaele, & Anne Schilling.

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