UNIVERSITY OF CALOOCAN CITY
LECTURE IN LINEAR ALGEBRA
LINEAR EQUATIONS AND MATRICES
System of m Linear Equations in n Unknowns.
A linear system can be conveniently written as
METHODS OF SOLVING LINEAR SYSTEM.
1. Pure Elimination Method
2. Pure Substitution Method
TYPES OF SOLUTIONS OF A LINEAR SYSTEM
1. A Unique solution
2. No Solutions
3. Infinitely Many Solutions
System of Linear equations in Two Variables
System of Linear Equations in Three Variables
PRACTICE TASK:
Solve each given Linear System by Elimination Method and Substitution method.
1. 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 6 2. 2𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 3
2𝑥 − 𝑦 = −7 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 16
3. 3𝑥1 + 2𝑥2 + 𝑥3 = 2 4. 2𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 6𝑧 = −12
4𝑥1 + 2𝑥2 + 2𝑥3 = 8 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 − 4𝑧 = 15
𝑥1 − 𝑥2 + 𝑥3 = 4 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 5𝑧 = −8
5. 𝑥1 + 5𝑥2 − 2𝑥3 + 𝑥4 = 16
−𝑥1 − 2𝑥2 − 4𝑥3 + 𝑥4 = −3
2𝑥1 + 3𝑥2 + 2𝑥3 − 3𝑥4 = 19
3𝑥1 − 4𝑥2 − 5𝑥3 − 𝑥4 = 5