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In the Gauss elimination method for solving a system of linear algebraic equations, triangularization leads toa)Lower triangular matrixb)Diagonal matrixc)Upper triangular matrixd)Singular matrix

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In the Gauss elimination method for solving a system of linear algebraic equations, triangularization leads toa)Lower triangular matrixb)Diagonal matrixc)Upper triangular matrixd)Singular matrix

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The Gauss elimination method for solving a system of linear algebraic equations leads to an upper triangular matrix. So, the correct answer is c) Upper triangular matrix.

Here are the steps of the Gauss elimination method:

  1. Write the system of equations in matrix form.
  2. Perform row operations to form an upper triangular matrix. This process is called triangularization or pivoting.
  3. Once the upper triangular matrix is formed, start the back substitution process to find the variables.

The upper triangular matrix is a special type of square matrix, where all the entries below the main diagonal are zero.

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