% Is the following system consistent? C=[0,3,-6,8;1,-2,3,-1;5,-7,9,0]; C tmp=C(2,:); C(2,:)=C(1,:); C(1,:)=tmp; C C(3,:)=C(3,:)-5*C(1,:); C C(3,:)=C(3,:)-C(2,:); C % It is not consistent