設 $Ax=b$ 為一個線性系統,其增廣矩陣 $[A \mid b]$ 的簡約列梯形矩陣(Reduced Row Echelon Form)為:
$$
\left[\begin{array}{ccccc|c}
1 & 3 & 7 & 0 & 8 & -4 \\
0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & -5 & 2 \\
0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\
0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0
\end{array}\right]
$$
設 $A=(a_{1},a_{2},a_{3},a_{4})$,且:
$$
a_{1}=\begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 2 \\ 0 \\ 3 \end{bmatrix}, \quad
a_{4}=\begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 0 \\ 3 \\ 4 \end{bmatrix}, \quad
c=\begin{bmatrix} 2 \\ 6 \\ -3 \\ 5 \end{bmatrix}
$$