Question

Find the value of t for which (4,6,3, t) is a linear combination of (1,3,-4,1), (2,8,-5,-1) and (-1,-5,0,2)

Answer 1

The value of t for which (4, 6, 3, t) is a linear combination of (1, 3, - 4, 1), (2, 8, - 5, - 1) and (- 1, - 5, 0, 2) is equal to 13.

How to find a vector as a linear combination of other vectors

In this question we must solve for t such that (4, 6, 3, t) is a linear combination of vectors (1, 3, - 4, 1), (2, 8, - 5, - 1) and (- 1, - 5, 0, 2), which means that non-zero coefficients have to be found by algebraic handling:

(4, 6, 3, t) = α₁ · (1, 3, - 4, 1) + α₂ · (2, 8, - 5, - 1) + α₃ · (- 1, - 5, 0, 2)

Which is equivalent to this system of linear equations:

α₁ + 2 · α₂ - α₃ = 4

3 · α₁ + 8 · α₂ - 5 · α₃ = 6

- 4 · α₁ - 5 · α₂ = 3

α₁ - α₂ + 2 · α₃ - t = 0

Whose solution is (α₁, α₂, α₃, t) = (38, - 31,  - 28, 13). The value of t for which (4, 6, 3, t) is a linear combination of (1, 3, - 4, 1), (2, 8, - 5, - 1) and (- 1, - 5, 0, 2) is equal to 13.

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