A set of linear equations is represented by the matrix equation Ax = b. The necessary condition for the existence of a solution for this system is:

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  1. A must be invertible
  2. Det(A) = 0
  3. b must be linearly dependent on the columns of A
  4. b must be linearly independent of the columns of A

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Option 3 : b must be linearly dependent on the columns of A
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Explanation:

b must be linearly dependent on the columns of A

Consider A3x3 then [A : b]3x4, i.e., Augmented matrix have 4 vectors.

But by property of rank, we have 

Which is definitely less than 4 

So [A : b] has L.D. set of vectors so we can conclude that matrix b must be linearly dependent of column of matrix A.

The correct option is (3).

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