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Okay, so we're given a matrix a.
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We're told that matrix r is a written in reduced row echelon form.
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We want to find the rank and nullity of a.
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The thing about rank and nullity, it'll be the same for r as it is for a.
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And that is the number of linearly independent rows or columns, okay, which is three.
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So, for instance, i could take a submatrix of this that looks like this by taking the last three columns and ignoring that last row.
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That matrix is non -singular.
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So, it's the largest non -singular matrix i can pull out of this is 3 by 3.
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So, the rank is 3.
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And then to find the nullity, what i got to do is i got to solve this equation.
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I have to solve r multiplied by some vector equals zero.
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So let's write this out...