Solution TSS.C25 Chris Black
The augmented matrix for the given linear system and its row-reduced form are: \begin{align*} \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & 1\\ 2 & -1 & 1 & 2\\ 3 & 1 & 1 & 4\\ 0 & 1 & 2 & 6 \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 $n = 3$ and $r = 4 = n+1$, the last column is a pivot column and Theorem RCLS guarantees that the system is inconsistent. Thus, we see that the given system has no solution.