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"random(2..6)"}, "c": {"group": "Ungrouped variables", "templateType": "anything", "description": "", "name": "c", "definition": "random(1..3)"}}, "name": "Simon's copy of Gauss elimination to solve a system of linear equations.", "variable_groups": [], "ungrouped_variables": ["a", "c", "b", "c3", "c2", "y", "x", "c1", "z"], "statement": "<p>Solve the system of equations using Gauss Elimination <br/>\\[\\begin{eqnarray*} &amp;\\var{a}x&amp;+\\;&amp;\\var{a*b-1}y&amp;+\\;\\var{a^2*b-a-a*b}z&amp;=&amp;\\var{c2}\\\\ &amp;\\var{a*c}x&amp;+\\;&amp;\\var{c*b}y&amp;+\\;z&amp;=&amp;\\var{c1}\\\\ &amp;x&amp;+\\;&amp;\\var{b}y&amp;+\\;\\var{b*a-b}z&amp;=&amp;\\var{c3} \\end{eqnarray*} \\] <br/><strong>Part a)</strong> Rearrange the order of the equations and represent this as a system of equations using a matrix.<br/><strong>Part b)</strong> Introduce zeros in the first column using the first row.<br/><strong>Part c)</strong> Introduce zeros in the second coumn below the second entry in the second row using the second row. <br/>Also need to solve for $z$ using the last row of the reduced matrix.<br/><strong>Part d)</strong> Solve for $y$ and $x$ using the second and first rows of the reduced matrix.</p>", "variablesTest": {"maxRuns": 100, "condition": ""}, "functions": {}, "advice": "<p>We can write the system of linear equations in matrix form as follows:</p>\n<p>\\[\\begin{pmatrix} \\var{a} &amp; \\var{a*b-1}&amp;\\var{a^2*b-a-a*b} &amp;\\vdots&amp; \\var{c2}\\\\ \\var{a*c}&amp;\\var{c*b}&amp;1&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c1}\\\\ 1&amp;\\var{b}&amp;\\var{b*a-b}&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c3} \\end{pmatrix} \\]</p>\n<p>Rearranging the rows to give us a 1 as the upper left value gives:</p>\n<p>\\[\\begin{pmatrix} 1&amp;\\var{b}&amp;\\var{b*a-b}&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c3}\\\\\\var{a} &amp; \\var{a*b-1}&amp;\\var{a^2*b-a-a*b} &amp;\\vdots&amp; \\var{c2}\\\\ \\var{a*c}&amp;\\var{c*b}&amp;1&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c1} \\end{pmatrix} \\]</p>\n<p>Subtracting $\\var{a}$ lots of row 1 from row 2 gives:&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\\[\\begin{pmatrix} 1&amp;\\var{b}&amp;\\var{b*a-b}&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c3}\\\\ 0 &amp; \\var{-1}&amp;\\var{-a} &amp;\\vdots&amp; \\var{c2-c3*a}\\\\ \\var{a*c}&amp;\\var{c*b}&amp;1&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c1} \\end{pmatrix} \\]</p>\n<p>Subtracting $\\var{a*c}$ lots of row 1 from row 3 gives:&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\\[\\begin{pmatrix} 1&amp;\\var{b}&amp;\\var{b*a-b}&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c3}\\\\ 0 &amp; \\var{-1}&amp;\\var{-a} &amp;\\vdots&amp; \\var{c2-c3*a}\\\\ 0 &amp;\\var{c*b-a*c*b}&amp;\\var{1-a^2*c*b+a*c*b}&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c1-a*c*c3} \\end{pmatrix} \\]</p>\n<p>Now our first column is in the desired form.</p>\n<p>We can obtain a leading 1 in the second row by dividing row 2 by -1:</p>\n<p>\\[\\begin{pmatrix} 1&amp;\\var{b}&amp;\\var{b*a-b}&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c3}\\\\ 0 &amp; \\var{1}&amp;\\var{a} &amp;\\vdots&amp; \\var{-c2+c3*a}\\\\0&amp;\\var{c*b-a*c*b}&amp;\\var{1-a^2*c*b+a*c*b}&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c1-a*c*c3} \\end{pmatrix} \\]</p>\n<p>Adding $\\var{-(c*b-a*c*b)}$ lots of row 2 to row 3 gives:</p>\n<p>\\[\\begin{pmatrix} 1&amp;\\var{b}&amp;\\var{b*a-b}&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c3}\\\\ 0 &amp; \\var{1}&amp;\\var{a} &amp;\\vdots&amp; \\var{-c2+c3*a}\\\\0&amp;0&amp;1&amp;\\vdots&amp;\\var{c1-a*c*c3-(c*b-a*c*b)*(-c2+c3*a)} \\end{pmatrix} \\]</p>\n<p>The matrix is now in upper diagonal form so we can quickly solve the system of equations as follows:</p>\n<p>The third row gives $z =&nbsp;\\var{c1-a*c*c3-(c*b-a*c*b)*(-c2+c3*a)}$</p>\n<p>The second row gives $y+\\var{a}z=\\var{-c2+c3*a}$, and hence $y=&nbsp;\\var{-c2+c3*a}-\\var{a}\\times&nbsp;\\var{c1-a*c*c3-(c*b-a*c*b)*(-c2+c3*a)} =&nbsp;\\var{-c2+c3*a-a*(c1-a*c*c3-(c*b-a*c*b)*(-c2+c3*a))}$</p>\n<p>The first row gives $x+\\var{b}y+\\var{b*a-b}z = \\var{c3}$ and hence $x= \\var{c3}-\\var{b} \\times&nbsp;\\var{-c2+c3*a-a*(c1-a*c*c3-(c*b-a*c*b)*(-c2+c3*a))} - \\var{b*a-b} \\times \\var{c1-a*c*c3-(c*b-a*c*b)*(-c2+c3*a)}=\\var{x}$</p>", "extensions": [], "type": "question", 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