Suppose you were given a system of equations and found the augmented matrix. Suppose that you put the augmented matrix in reduced echelon form and had the following result: 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 * 55 (a) What would the value of ∗ be have to be in order for your system to have one solution? (b) Are there any other choices for the value ∗ to create a system with one solution? Explain your answer.

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Suppose you were given a system of equations and found the augmented matrix. Suppose that you put the
augmented matrix in reduced echelon form and had the following result:

1 0 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 0 * 55


(a) What would the value of ∗ be have to be in order for your system to have one solution?


(b) Are there any other choices for the value ∗ to create a system with one solution? Explain your answer.

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