Question
Solve system of linear equations, using matrix method :
$\begin{array}{l}
\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=6, \quad \frac{1}{y}+\frac{3}{z}=11, \\
\frac{1}{x}-\frac{2}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=0
\end{array}$

Answer


$\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=6 \\ \frac{1}{y}+\frac{3}{z}=11 \\ \frac{1}{x}-\frac{2}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=0\end{array}$
$\Rightarrow$ The equation can be written as matrix form,
$\begin{array}{l}
{\left[\begin{array}{rrr}
1 & 1 & 1 \\
0 & 1 & 3 \\
1 & -2 & 1
\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{c}
\frac{1}{x} \\
\frac{1}{y} \\
\frac{1}{z}
\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{c}
6 \\
11 \\
0
\end{array}\right]} \\
\therefore A=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}
1 & 1 & 1 \\
0 & 1 & 3 \\
1 & -2 & 1
\end{array}\right], X=\left[\begin{array}{c}
\frac{1}{x} \\
\frac{1}{y} \\
\frac{1}{z}
\end{array}\right], B=\left[\begin{array}{c}
6 \\
11 \\
0
\end{array}\right]
\end{array}$
$\begin{array}{l}
|A|=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}
1 & 1 & 1 \\
0 & 1 & 3 \\
1 & -2 & 1
\end{array}\right] \\
=1(1+6)-1(0-3)+1(0-1) \\
=7+3-1 \\
=9 \neq 0 \\
\therefore \quad A^{-1} \text { exists. }
\end{array}$
$\operatorname{adj} A=\left[\begin{array}{rrr}7 & -3 & 2 \\ 3 & 0 & -3 \\ -1 & 3 & 1\end{array}\right]$
$\therefore \quad A^{-1}=\frac{1}{|A|}$ adj A
$=\frac{1}{9}\left[\begin{array}{rrr}7 & -3 & 2 \\ 3 & 0 & -3 \\ -1 & 3 & 1\end{array}\right]$
$\therefore$ $AX = B$
$\therefore$ $A ^{-1} AX = A ^{-1} B$
$\therefore$ $IX = A ^{-1} B$
$\therefore$ $X = A ^{-1} B$
$\begin{array}{l}=\frac{1}{9}\left[\begin{array}{rrr}7 & -3 & 2 \\ 3 & 0 & -3 \\ -1 & 3 & 1\end{array}\right]\left[\begin{array}{c}6 \\ 11 \\ 0\end{array}\right] \\ =\frac{1}{9}\left[\begin{array}{rrr}42 & -33 & +0 \\ 18 & +0 & -0 \\ -6 & +33+0\end{array}\right] \\ =\frac{1}{9}\left[\begin{array}{c}9 \\ 18 \\ 27\end{array}\right]\end{array}$
$\left[\begin{array}{c}\frac{1}{x} \\ \frac{1}{y} \\ \frac{1}{z}\end{array}\right]=\left[\begin{array}{l}1 \\ 2 \\ 3\end{array}\right]$
$\begin{array}{l}\therefore \quad \text { Solution : } \frac{1}{x}=1, \frac{1}{y}=2, \frac{1}{z}=3 \\ \quad \therefore x=1, y=\frac{1}{z}, z=\frac{1}{3}\end{array}$

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