Problem

Determine the solution to the given system of linear equations, by creating an augmented matrix and using Gauss-Jordan elimination to convert it to reduced row echelon form. What is the solution of y ?
2x+7y8z=303x3y+4z=186x+3y8z=6

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Finally, we can read off the solutions from the last column of the matrix. The solution for y is 2

Steps

Step 1 :First, we write the system of equations as an augmented matrix: (27830334186386)

Step 2 :Next, we swap the first and second rows to get a leading 1 in the first row: (33418278306386)

Step 3 :Then, we multiply the first row by 1/3 to get a leading 1: (114/36278306386)

Step 4 :We add 2 times the first row to the second row and 6 times the first row to the third row: (114/360541803424)

Step 5 :We multiply the second row by 1/5 and the third row by -1/3 to get leading 1s: (114/36014/518/5014/38)

Step 6 :We subtract the second row from the third row: (114/36014/518/5002/152/5)

Step 7 :We multiply the third row by 15/2 to get a leading 1: (114/36014/518/50013)

Step 8 :We add the second row to the first row and subtract 4/3 times the third row from the first row: (1004014/518/50013)

Step 9 :We add 4/5 times the third row to the second row: (100401020013)

Step 10 :Finally, we can read off the solutions from the last column of the matrix. The solution for y is 2

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