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Linear AlgebraSuperchallengeRow Reduction & Rank

Row Reduction & Rank · Superchallenge problem

Gaussian elimination without row exchanges is applied to the 5×55\times 5 matrix whose rows are (1,t,t2,t3,t4)(1, t, t^2, t^3, t^4) for t=1,2,4,8,16t = 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 (in that order). What is the fifth pivot?