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Gauss-Jordan elimination for 3 by 3 matrices

Starting Matrix
1 2 3 1
A= 4 5 6 b= 7
7 8 -9 2

Step 1 (Normalize Pivot)


1 2 3 1
4 5 6 b= 7
7 8 -9 2

Step 2 (eliminate)
1 2 3 1
0 -3 -6 b= 3
0 -6 -30 -5

Step 3 (Normalize pivot)


1 2 3 1
0 1 2 b= -1
0 -6 -30 -5

Step 4 (Eliminate)
1 0 -1 3
0 1 2 b= -1
0 0 -18 -11

Step 5 (Normalize pivot)


1 0 -1 3
0 1 2 b= -1
0 0 1 0.611111

Step 5 (Normalize pivot)


1 0 0 3.611111
0 1 0 b= -2.222222
0 0 1 0.611111

Verification

x1= 3.611111 -1.722222 0.777778 -0.055556


x2= -2.222222 A^(-1)= 1.444444 -0.555556 0.111111 x=
x3= 0.611111 -0.055556 0.111111 -0.055556
3.611111
-2.222222
0.611111

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