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Section 1.2 Reduced row echelon form

Exercise: Find the reduced row echelon form of the matrices \(A=\begin{pmatrix} 0 \amp 2 \amp -8 \amp 8 \\ 1 \amp -2 \amp 1 \amp 0 \\ 5 \amp 0 \amp -5 \amp 10 \end{pmatrix}\) and \(B=\begin{pmatrix} 0 \amp 3 \amp -6 \amp 6 \amp 4 \amp -5 \\ 3 \amp -7 \amp 8 \amp -5 \amp 8 \amp 9 \\ 3 \amp -9 \amp 12 \amp -9 \amp 6 \amp 15 \end{pmatrix}\text{,}\) respectively.
The matrix \(C\) can be interpreted as
\begin{align*} x_1\amp=1\\ x_2\amp=0\\ x_3\amp=-1 \end{align*}
Input the matrix \(B\) below, and find the reduced echelon form of \(B\text{.}\) In next section, we will find the general solution of a linear system whose augmented matrix is \(B\)