Question

19. Use Gauss-Jordan elimination to solve the following system of equations. 3x + 5y = 7 6x − y = −8

Answer 1

$\left[\begin{array}{cc}3&5\\6&-1\end{array}\right] \left[\begin{array}{c}x\\y\end{array}\right] = \left[\begin{array}{c}7\\-8\end{array}\right]\\\left[\begin{array}{cc|c}3&5 &7\\ 6& -1 & -8\end{array}\right] \rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cc|c}3&5& 7\\0&-11 & -22\end{array}\right] \rightarrow \left[\begin{array}{cc|c}3&5& 7\\0&1 & 2\end{array}\right]\\3x +5y = 7\\\\y = 2\\\therefore x = -1$