Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

Year 1 Semester II - 2014

MA 131 Engineering Mathematics II

1. Solve the following system of linear equations using row operations:

a)

5 x1 2 x2 3x3 9
2 x1 x2 x3 8

x1 x2 2 x3 5 x4 3
b)

2 x1 5 x2 x3 9 x4 -3
2 x1 x2 x3 3x4 -11
x1 3x2 2 x3 7 x4 5
x1 2 x2 3x3 9

c) 2 x1 x2 x3 8

x3 3

3x1

x1 2 x 2 3x3 9
d)

2 x1 x 2 x3 8
x3 3

3x1

2 x1 x 2 x3 19
e)

2 x1 4 x2 2 x3 0
3x1 5x2

x1 2 x2 2 x3 4 x4 5
f)

x1 3x2 5 x3 7 x4 1
x1

x3 2 x4 6

2 x 2 3 x3 4 x 4 1
g)

2 x3 3 x 4 4
2 x1 2 x 2 5 x3 2 x 4 4
2 x1

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6 x3 9 x 4 7

x1 x2 2 x3 5 x4 3
h)

2 x1 5 x2 x3 9 x4 -3
2 x1 x2 x3 3x4 -11
x1 3x2 2 x3 7 x4 5
x1 x 2 2 x3 5 x 4 3
2 x1 5 x 2 x3 9 x 4 -3

i)

2 x1 x 2 x3 3 x 4 -11
x1 3x 2 2 x3 7 x 4 5
2 x1 5 x 2 x3 9 x 4 5

j)

x1 x2 2x3 5x4 3

2. Find the value(s) of K so that the given system has no solution:

x1 x2 x3 6
2 x1 x2 x3 3
x1 2 x2 Kx3 0
3. Find the values of and so that the given system has unique, infinitely many and no
solution:

x1 x2 x3 6
2 x1 x2 x3
x1 2 x2 x3 0
4. Factorize the determinan:

x
y
xy
a)
y
xy
x
xy
x
y
a3
b) a
1

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b3
b
1

c3
c
1

2a 3
2b 3
2c 3
a2
b2
c2
c)
1 a 3 1 b3 1 c 3
5.

1
a) Prove that a
a2
b) Prove that

c) Prove that

d) Prove that

e) Prove that

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1
b
b2

1
c (a b)(b c)(c a )
c2

f) Prove that

g) Prove that

h) Without expanding Prove that

i) Find the values of x:

6. Use Cramers Rule to solve for the unknowns:

a) 2x1 + 6x2 = 22
-x1 + 5x2 = 53
b) 5x1 - 2x2 + 3x3 = 16
2x1 + 3x2 - 5x3 = 2
4x1 - 5x2 + 6x3 = 7

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c) 4x - y + z = -5
2x + 2y + 3z = 10
5x 2y + 6z = 1
2 x 3 y z 110

d) 3 x 5 y 2 z 190
3 z y x 120

7. Find the solution of the following systems using inverse matrix method.
a) 2x1 + 6x2 = 22
-x1 + 5x2 = 53
b) 5x1 - 2x2 + 3x3 = 16
2x1 + 3x2 - 5x3 = 2
4x1 - 5x2 + 6x3 = 7
c) 4x - y + z = -5
2x + 2y + 3z = 10
5x 2y + 6z = 1
2 x 3 y z 110

d) 3 x 5 y 2 z 190
3 z y x 120

8. Show that the following system has no solution using inverse matrix method.
x y z 12

2 x y 2 z 3
x 2 y z 6

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