Question

reduce to normal form find the rank of matrix B =[ 2 4 3 2 ]
3 3 1 4
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Answer 1

Explanation :-D

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Solution

Since the matrix has 3 linear independent rows.

Then R4 must be linear combination of

R1, R2, R3

R4 = R1 + R2 + R3

:: a = 0 + 2 - 3

:: a = 5

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Correct answer = 5