A system of linear equations with fewer equations than unknowns is sometimes called an underdetermined system. Can such a system have a unique solution? Explain. Choose the correct answer below. A. No, it cannot have a unique solution. Because there are more variables than equations, there must be at least one free variable. If the linear system is consistent and there is at least one free variable, the solution set contains infinitely many solutions. If the linear system is inconsistent, there is no solution.

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Janiyah Grimes

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10 May, 22:43

A system of linear equations with fewer equations than unknowns is sometimes called an underdetermined system. Can such a system have a unique solution? Explain. Choose the correct answer below. A. No, it cannot have a unique solution. Because there are more variables than equations, there must be at least one free variable. If the linear system is consistent and there is at least one free variable, the solution set contains infinitely many solutions. If the linear system is inconsistent, there is no solution.

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Jayla Lane · Answer 1

No, it cannot have a unique solution. Because there are more variables than equations, there must be at least one free variable. If the linear system is consistent and there is at least one free variable, the solution set contains infinitely many solutions. If the linear system is inconsistent, there is no solution.

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the questionnaire options are incomplete, however the given option is correct

We mark this option as correct because in a linear system of equations there can be more than one solution, since the components of the equations, that is, the variables are multiple, leaving free variables which generates more alternative solutions, however when there is no consistency there will be no solution