I have been informed that on March 7th from 6:00am to 6:00pm Central Time Lamar University will be doing some maintenance to replace a faulty UPS component and to do this they will be completely powering down their data center.
Unfortunately, this means that the site will be down during this time. I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.
Paul
February 18, 2026
Section 7.4 : More on the Augmented Matrix
5. For the following system of equations convert the system into an augmented matrix and use the augmented matrix techniques to determine the solution to the system or to determine if the system is inconsistent or dependent.
\[\begin{align*}5x - 25y & = 3\\ - 2x + 10y & = 2\end{align*}\]Show All Steps Hide All Steps
Start SolutionThe first step is to write down the augmented matrix for the system of equations.
\[\left[ {\begin{array}{rr|r}5&{ - 25}&3\\{ - 2}&{10}&2\end{array}} \right]\] Show Step 2We need to make the number in the upper left corner a one. In this case we can do this with the following elementary row operation.
\[\left[ {\begin{array}{rr|r}5&{ - 25}&3\\{ - 2}&{10}&2\end{array}} \right]\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{{R_{\,1}} + \frac{5}{2}{R_{\,2}} \to {R_{\,1}}}\\ \to \end{array}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left[ {\begin{array}{rr|r}0&0&8\\{ - 2}&{10}&2\end{array}} \right]\] Show Step 3Okay let’s step back for a second and convert the first row back to an equation. Doing this gives,
\[0 = 8\]That is clearly not true and we’ve done all our work correctly and so this system is inconsistent and there is no solution to the system.