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3.51(d), §3 Elimination

Gaussian elimination:

A. Forward Elimination:

Use (1) to eliminate x from (2):

The second equation is trivial.

B. Back Substitution:

Solve (1) to find x=5+2y. y can be anything, but for each possible y there is only one corresponding x.


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