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Row Reduction & Rank · Hard problem

A structural model has four strain readings fitting three unknown deflections x,y,zx,y,z: x+y+z=9x+y+z=9, x−y+z=3x-y+z=3, 2x+y−z=32x+y-z=3, and 3x−y+2z=b3x-y+2z=b. The first three readings already determine x,y,zx,y,z uniquely. For what value of bb is the fourth reading consistent with (not contradicting) the first three?