Here's what I would have submitted: Question 1: [1 3 3 -2 13] [-2 1 -1 2 -2] [-1 -4 0 -2 17] [-1 -1 -4 5 34] Question 2: subtract row 1 from row 2: [ 1 4 -3 -3 -27] [ 0 1 2 -1 5] [-3 1 5 -4 26] add 3 * row 1 to row 3: [1 4 -3 -3 -27] [0 1 2 -1 5] [0 13 -4 -13 -55] subtract 13*row 2 from row 3: [1 4 -3 -3 -27] [0 1 2 -1 5] [0 0 -30 0 -120] now it's in echelon form! Question 3: It has infinitely many solutions: Solutions exist because there's no pivot in the last column. Also there's no pivot in the fourth column, so it has a free variable.