One Parameter, Three Fates — medium Mixed: Determinants & Systems of Equations problem | Incognition
One Parameter, Three Fates
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Mixed: Determinants & Systems of EquationsMedium
One Parameter, Three Fates
Let k be a real parameter and consider the system
x+2y+z2x+ky+3z3x+6y+kz=3=5=9
whose coefficient matrix and right-hand side are
A=1232k613k,b=359
Classify the system completely: for which values of k does it have no solution, for which does it have infinitely many, and for which does it have exactly one?