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asked 02/09/23I got these equations after Gauss-Jordan elimination from a linear equation system..Now is it consistent or non-consistent?
x= 0
y-2z = 0
w= 1
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Inactive Tutor answered 02/09/23
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consistent if plugging in to first equation
results in 0=0 (or k=k)
but if you started with four variables
it would be a more complete answer
if y or z was found to be a value (even zero)
as it is, y and z are only constrained to y=2z
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Check by plugging the values into the equations02/09/23