Solving Ax = b: Row Reduced Form R

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Solving Ax = b: Row Reduced Form R -- Lecture 8. Learn how to solve equations that look like Ax = b using row reduced echelon form (rref).

Gilbert Strang, 18.06 Linear Algebra, Spring 2005. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed November 19, 2008). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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Questions answered by this video:
  • How do you solve Ax = b?
  • What is row reduced echelon form?
  • What is rref?
  • When does Ax = b not have a solution?
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    This video explains how to find the solution to a matrix equation Ax = b, and to determine when there will not be a solution. The process used in this video is elimination to get to row reduced echelon form.
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