<exercise checkit-seed="0009" checkit-slug="E1" checkit-title="Linear systems, vector equations, and augmented matrices">
<statement>
<p> Consider the system of equations</p>
<me>\begin{matrix}
x_{1} & & & + & 3 \, x_{3} & = & -4 \\
& & x_{2} & + & 3 \, x_{3} & = & -5 \\
x_{1} & & & + & 4 \, x_{3} & = & -6 \\
3 \, x_{1} & - & 2 \, x_{2} & + & 6 \, x_{3} & = & -8 \\
\end{matrix}</me>
<ol>
<li> Write an augmented matrix corresponding to this system. </li>
<li> Write a vector equation corresponding to this system. </li>
</ol>
</statement>
<answer>
<ol>
<li>
<me> \left[\begin{array}{ccc|c}
1 & 0 & 3 & -4 \\
0 & 1 & 3 & -5 \\
1 & 0 & 4 & -6 \\
3 & -2 & 6 & -8
\end{array}\right] </me>
</li>
<li>
<me> x_{1} \left[\begin{array}{c}
1 \\
0 \\
1 \\
3
\end{array}\right] + x_{2} \left[\begin{array}{c}
0 \\
1 \\
0 \\
-2
\end{array}\right] + x_{3} \left[\begin{array}{c}
3 \\
3 \\
4 \\
6
\end{array}\right] = \left[\begin{array}{c}
-4 \\
-5 \\
-6 \\
-8
\end{array}\right] </me>
</li>
</ol>
</answer>
</exercise>