GATE EE 2025 Set 1 — Question 13
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Let , and . Then, the system of linear equations has
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(B) infinitely many solutions.
Solution
The system of linear equations can be analyzed using the rank of the coefficient matrix and the augmented matrix .Matrix .Performing row operations on :
.Rearranging rows:
.The rank of is .Now, consider the augmented matrix .Performing the same row operation :
.The rank of the augmented matrix is .Since , which is less than the number of variables (), the system has infinitely many solutions.
.Rearranging rows:
.The rank of is .Now, consider the augmented matrix .Performing the same row operation :
.The rank of the augmented matrix is .Since , which is less than the number of variables (), the system has infinitely many solutions.
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