How to solve the simultaneous linear equations in R?

The data in simultaneous equations can be read as matrix and then we can solve those matrices to find the value of the variables. For example, if we have three equations as −

x + y + z = 6
3x + 2y + 4z = 9
2x + 2y – 6z = 3

then we will convert these equations into matrices and solve them using solve function in R.

Example1

> A<-matrix(c(1,1,2,3,2,4,2,3,-6),nrow=3,byrow=TRUE)
> A

Output

   [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 1    1    2
[2,] 3    2    4
[3,] 2    3    -6
> b<-matrix(c(6,9,3))
> b

Output

[,1]
[1,] 6
[2,] 9
[3,] 3
> solve(A,b)

Output

[,1]
[1,] -3.0
[2,] 6.0
[3,] 1.5

Hence, the answer is x = -3, y = 6, and z = 1.5.

4x - 3y + x = -10
2x + y + 3z = 0
-1x + 2y - 5z = 17

Example2

> A<-matrix(c(4,-3,1,2,1,3,-1,2,-5),nrow=3,byrow=TRUE)
> A

Output

   [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 4    -3    1
[2,] 2    1     3
[3,] -1    2    -5
> b<-matrix(c(-10,0,17))
> b

Output

[,1]
[1,] -10
[2,] 0
[3,] 17


> solve(A,b)

Output

[,1]
[1,] 1
[2,] 4
[3,] -2

Example3

4x – 2y + 3z = 1
x + 3y – 4z = -7
3x + y + 2z = 5
> A<-matrix(c(4,-2,3,1,3,-4,3,1,2),nrow=3,byrow=TRUE)
> A

Output

   [,1] [,2] [,3]
[1,] 4    -2    3
[2,] 1    3    -4
[3,] 3    1    2
> b<-matrix(c(1,-7,5))
> b

Output

[,1]
[1,] 1
[2,] -7
[3,] 5


> solve(A,b)

Output

[,1]
[1,] -1
[2,] 2
[3,] 3

Example4

x + 2y – 3z + 4t = 12
2x + 2y – 2z + 3t = 10
y + z = -1
x - y + z – 2t = -4
> A<-matrix(c(1,2,-3,4,2,2,-2,3,0,1,1,0,1,-1,1,-2),nrow=4,byrow=TRUE)
> A

Output

   [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
[1,] 1    2    -3    4
[2,] 2    2    -2    3
[3,] 0    1    1    0
[4,] 1    -1    1    -2
> b<-matrix(c(12,10,-1,-4))
> b

Output

[,1]
[1,] 12
[2,] 10
[3,] -1
[4,] -4


> solve(A,b)

Output

[,1]
[1,] 1
[2,] 0
[3,] -1
[4,] 2
Updated on: 2026-03-11T20:24:59+05:30

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