Linear Algebra and Its Applications (5th Edition)

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Chapter 1 - Linear Equations in Linear Algebra - 1.5 Exercises - Page 49: 34

Answer

\begin{pmatrix} \frac{3}{2}\\ 1 \end{pmatrix}

Work Step by Step

The problem states to find one nontrivial solution by inspection. \begin{equation} A = \begin{pmatrix} 4 & -6 \\ 8 & -12 \\ 6 & -9 \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} 0\\ 0\\0 \end{pmatrix} \end{equation} We notice that the second column is the first column multiplied by $-\frac{3}{2}$. Thus, one possible solution is multiplying the first column by $\frac{3}{2}$ and the second column by 1, and adding them. Thus, the solution, in vector form, is \begin{pmatrix} \frac{3}{2}\\ 1 \end{pmatrix}
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