<exercise checkit-seed="0000" checkit-slug="E3" checkit-title="Solving linear systems">
<statement>
<p>Show how to find the solution set for the following
system of linear equations.
<me>\begin{matrix}
x_{1} & - & 2 \, x_{2} & - & x_{3} & + & 3 \, x_{4} & = & 4 \\
2 \, x_{1} & - & 3 \, x_{2} & - & 3 \, x_{3} & + & 5 \, x_{4} & = & 6 \\
& & 3 \, x_{2} & + & 3 \, x_{3} & + & 3 \, x_{4} & = & 6 \\
\end{matrix}</me></p>
</statement>
<answer>
<me>\mathrm{RREF} \left[\begin{array}{cccc|c}
1 & -2 & -1 & 3 & 4 \\
2 & -3 & -3 & 5 & 6 \\
0 & -3 & 3 & 3 & 6
\end{array}\right] = \left[\begin{array}{cccc|c}
1 & 0 & -3 & 1 & 0 \\
0 & 1 & -1 & -1 & -2 \\
0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0
\end{array}\right] </me>
<p>The solution set is <m> \left\{ \left[\begin{array}{c}
3 \, a - b \\
a + b - 2 \\
a \\
b
\end{array}\right] \middle|\,a\text{\texttt{,}}b\in\mathbb{R}\right\} </m>.</p>
</answer>
</exercise>