//page 8 //Example 1.5 clear; close; clc; a = [2 -1 3 2; 1 4 0 -1; 2 6 -1 5]; disp(a,'a='); disp('Applying row transformations:'); disp('R1 = R1-2*R2'); a(1,:) = a(1,:) - 2*a(2,:); disp(a,'a = '); disp('R3 = R3-2*R2'); a(3,:) = a(3,:) - 2*a(2,:); disp(a,'a = '); disp('R3 = R3/-2'); a(3,:) = -1/2*a(3,:); disp(a,'a = '); disp('R2 = R2-4*R3'); a(2,:) = a(2,:) - 4*a(3,:); disp(a,'a = '); disp('R1 = R1+9*R3'); a(1,:) = a(1,:) + 9*a(3,:); disp(a,'a = '); disp('R1 = R1*2/15'); a(1,:) = a(1,:) * 2/15; disp(a,'a = '); disp('R2 = R2+2*R1'); a(2,:) = a(2,:) + 2*a(1,:); disp(a,'a = '); disp('R3 = R3-R1/2'); a(3,:) = a(3,:) - 1/2*a(1,:); disp(a,'a = '); disp('We get the system of equations as:'); disp('2*x1 - x2 + 3*x3 + 2*x4 = 0'); disp('x1 + 4*x2 - x4 = 0'); disp('2*x1 + 6* x2 - x3 + 5*x4 = 0'); disp('and'); disp('x2 - 5/3*x4 = 0','x1 + 17/3*x4 = 0','x3 - 11/3*x4 = 0'); disp('now by assigning any rational value c to x4 in system second, the solution is evaluated as:'); disp('(-17/3*c,5/3,11/3*c,c)'); //end