<exercise checkit-seed="0004" checkit-slug="E2" checkit-title="Reduced row echelon form">
<statement>
<ol>
<li>Show that <me>\operatorname{RREF} \left[\begin{array}{ccc}
2 & -2 & 0 \\
-5 & 1 & 4 \\
-2 & 3 & -1 \\
-5 & -2 & 7 \\
1 & -2 & 1
\end{array}\right] = \left[\begin{array}{ccc}
1 & 0 & -1 \\
0 & 1 & -1 \\
0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0
\end{array}\right] .</me></li>
<li>Explain why the matrix <m>B= \left[\begin{array}{ccc}
0 & 1 & -2 \\
1 & 0 & 2 \\
0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0
\end{array}\right] </m> is or is not in reduced row echelon form.</li>
</ol>
</statement>
<answer>
<ol>
<li>
<m>\operatorname{RREF} \left[\begin{array}{ccc}
2 & -2 & 0 \\
-5 & 1 & 4 \\
-2 & 3 & -1 \\
-5 & -2 & 7 \\
1 & -2 & 1
\end{array}\right] = \left[\begin{array}{ccc}
1 & 0 & -1 \\
0 & 1 & -1 \\
0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0
\end{array}\right] .</m>
</li>
<li><m>B</m> is
not in reduced row echelon form because
the pivots are not descending to the right.
</li>
</ol>
</answer>
</exercise>