Exam (elaborations) MAT1503_Assignment_1_Semester_1

MAT1503 ASSIGNMENT 01




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Closing date: 20 February 2020


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, Question 1
• A liner equation is one that can be expressed in the form

a1 x1 + a2 x2 + …+ an xn=b where a1, a2.....an and b are constants.

• A linear equation does not involve any products or roots of variables.




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See page 11 Anton elementary linear algebra
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Answer: (4) Neither A nor B
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Question 2:
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Part A:
0x + 0y =0
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There are infinite values for x, y for which 0x + 0y =0, that is, (x, y) Ɛ R.
Therefore, x=0, y=0 is a solution but not THE solution.
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Part B:
2x + 2y + 2z = 10 2x - z = 2

2(-1) + 2(2) + 2(4) 2(-1) – (4)
= -2+4+8 = -2-4
= 10 = -6
LHS =RHS LHS ≠ RHS



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