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Why Solve for the Pivots in Reduced Row Echelon Form

DividedByZero
in Linear Algebra and Group Theory

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Hello Everybody,

 

I'm curious to know why we solve for the pivot variables when we reduce a matrix to reduced row echelon form and are trying to find a solution.

 

Thank you

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