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(b) If A is square, then either the row vectors or the column vectors of A must be linearly
     independent.

(c) If the row vectors and the column vectors of A are linearly independent, then A must be
     square.

(d) Adding one additional column to a matrix A increases its rank by one.

18.
         (a) If A is a matrix, then the number of leading 1's in the reduced row-echelon form of

              A is at most _________ . Why?

(b) If A is a matrix, then the number of parameters in the general solution of  is
     at most _________ . Why?

(c) If A is a matrix, then the number of leading 1's in the reduced row-echelon form of
     A is at most _________ . Why?

(d) If A is a matrix, then the number of parameters in the general solution of  is
     at most _________ . Why?

19.                     matrix, then the rank of A is at most _________ . Why?
         (a) If A is a

(b) If A is a matrix, then the nullity of A is at most _________ . Why?

(c) If A is a matrix, then the rank of is at most _________ . Why?

(d) If A is a matrix, then the nullity of is at most _________ . Why?

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