Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / Paper 2 / 17 / b

Multiplication of a matrix by a column vector forms the linear combination of its columns with coefficients from that vector. Hereso $A\mathbf{r}=x{\mathbf{c}}_1+y{\mathbf{c}}_2+z{\mathbf{c}}_3$. Equating this expression with $\mathbf{b}$ reproduces the original three linear equations.