Solution NM.M30 Robert Beezer
We row-reduce the coefficient matrix of the system of equations, \begin{align*} \begin{bmatrix} -1 & 5 & 0 & 0 \\ -2 & 5 & 5 & 2 \\ -3 & -1 & 3 & 1 \\ 7 & 6 & 5 & 1 \end{bmatrix} &\rref \begin{bmatrix} \leading{1} & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & \leading{1} & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & \leading{1} & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & \leading{1} \end{bmatrix} \end{align*} Since the row-reduced version of the coefficient matrix is the $4\times 4$ identity matrix, $I_4$ (Definition IM byTheorem NMRRI, we know the coefficient matrix is nonsingular. According to Theorem NMUS we know that the system is guaranteed to have a unique solution, based only on the extra information that the coefficient matrix is nonsingular.