A system of linear equations with fewer equations than unknowns is sometimes called an underdetermined system. Can such a system have a unique solution? Explain. Choose the correct answer below. A. No, it cannot have a unique solution. Because there are more variables than equations, there must be at least one free variable. If the linear system is consistent and there is at least one free variable, the solution set contains infinitely many solutions. If the linear system is inconsistent, there is no solution.

No, it cannot have a unique solution. Because there are more variables than equations, there must be at least one free variable. If the linear system is consistent and there is at least one free variable, the solution set contains infinitely many solutions. If the linear system is inconsistent, there is no solution.

Step-by-step explanation:

the questionnaire options are incomplete, however the given option is correct

We mark this option as correct because in a linear system of equations there can be more than one solution, since the components of the equations, that is, the variables are multiple, leaving free variables which generates more alternative solutions, however when there is no consistency there will be no solution

ap8997154 ap8997154 · Answer 2 · 2022-01-22T06:51:05+01:00

To solve such problems we must know about the system of equations and underdetermined systems.

The system of equations doesn't have a unique solution.

Given to us

Statement 1 - A system of linear equations with fewer equations than unknowns is sometimes called an underdetermined system.

Solution

When a system of equations has more variables than the equation, therefore, it has fewer rules to curb the variables, giving the variables more freedom to take up values from their respective domain(Usually it is a set of real numbers), in such a condition the system of equations has infinite solutions. This kind of system is known as an underdetermined system.

Hence, the system of equations doesn't have a unique solution.

Learn more about the system of equations:

https://brainly.com/question/26197467