For Exercise, determine if the matrix is in row-echelon form. If not, explain why. 2 |-6 1 1 -3 2

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Section7.1: Matrices And Systems Of Equations
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For Exercise, determine if the matrix is in row-echelon form. If not, explain why.
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Row-echelon form of a matrix is the one in which all the principal diagonal elements are either 1 or 0.

Also, in the row echelon form, the elements below the diagonal elements in any column must all be zero.

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