Fill in the Blank Using Elementary Row Operations to Form

question 47

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank using elementary row operations to form a row-equivalent matrix. $$\begin{array} { l } { \left[ \begin{array} { c c c } - 2 & 5 & - 2 \\- 6 & - 2 & - 1\end{array} \right] } \\{ \left[ \begin{array} { c c c } - 2 & 5 & - 2 \\0 & \square & 5\end{array} \right] }\end{array}$$

• A) \(\left[ \begin{array} { c c c }
• - 2 & 5 & - 2 \\
• 0 & - 17 & 5
• \end{array} \right]\)
• B) \(\left[ \begin{array} { c c c }
• - 2 & 5 & - 2 \\
• 0 & 0 & 5
• \end{array} \right]\)
• C) \(\left[ \begin{array} { c c c }
• - 2 & 5 & - 2 \\
• 0 & 13 & 5
• \end{array} \right]\)
• D) \(\left[ \begin{array} { c c c }
• - 2 & 5 & - 2 \\
• 0 & 5 & 5
• \end{array} \right]\)
• E) \(\left[ \begin{array} { c c c }
• - 2 & 5 & - 2 \\
• 0 & 17 & 5
• \end{array} \right]\)

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