Escape the Matrix

Pick a pill. You choose the row operations, the page does the arithmetic.

Play puzzlesRandom matrices in 5 levels, then endless. Earn stars for efficient moves. Enter my own matrixType a matrix from class and solve it step by step.
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My matrix

Whole numbers or fractions like 1/2. The last column is the right-hand side. Empty means 0.

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Escape the Matrix

The three operations

1. Swap two rows. 2. Multiply or divide a row by a non-zero number. 3. Add or subtract a multiple of another row. The page does the arithmetic, you choose the moves. Use whole numbers or fractions like 3 or 1/2.

The goal is reduced form: each row’s first non-zero number is a 1 (the pivot), pivots step to the right as you go down, and every pivot column has zeros everywhere else. The orange line follows the leading entries of your rows.