Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

MA - 001: B.Tech. I year

Autumn Semester: 2015-16
Tutorial Sheet-1: Mathematics-1

(1) Reduce each of the following

 matrices
 into row echelon form and then find rank ?
  1 2 3 0    
1 1 1  2 4 2 1 4 1 0 1 −1
3 2  (c)  3 −6 2 4  (d)  2 4 8 
(a)  1 1 0  (b)   3 2 1 3 
1 0 0 7 −4 10 6 9 6 0
6 8 7 5

(2) Examine the following set of vectors for linear dependence.

(a) {(1, −1, 1), (2, 1, 1), (3, 0, 2)}
(b) {(1, 1, −1, 1), (1, −1, 2, −1), (3, 1, 0, 1)}
(c) {(1, 2, −2), (−1, 3, 0), (0, −2, 1)}

(3) Find the conditions/values of α and β for which the matrix

 
α 1 2
 0 2 β 
1 3 6

has (a) rank =1 (b) rank=2 (c) rank =3.

(4) Solve the following systems by Gauss elimination method:

x + 2y + z = 2
x + y + z = 4
3x + y − 2z = 1
(a) 2x + 5y − 2z = 3 (b)
4x − 3y − z = 3
x + 7y − 7z = 5
2x + 4y + 2z = 4

(5) Consider the following systems of linear equations:

x + y + z = 6 x + y − z = 1 λx + y + z = p
(a) x + 2y + 3z = 10 (b) 2x + 3y + λz = 3 (c) x + λy + z = q
x + 2y + λz = µ x + λy + 3z = 2 x + y + λz = r
Find the values of unknown constant(s) such that each of the above system has
(i) no solution (ii) a unique solution (iii) infinitely many solutions.

(6) Does the following system of linear equations has a solution for z = 7?:
x + y + z = 1
2x + 2y + z = 3
Obtain the general solution of system by Gauss elimination method.

(7) Use Gauss elimination method to show that following system has no solution:
2 sin x − cos y + 3 tan z = 3
4 sin x + 2 cos y − 2 tan z = 10
6 sin x − 3 cos y + tan z = 9

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 (8) Let P2 be the set of all polynomials of degree 2 or less. Use Gauss elimination method
to find all polynomials f ∈ P2 : f (1) = 2 and f (−1) = 6.

(9) Use Gauss Jordon method to find the solution of following systems:

2x + y + z = 1 3x + 2y + z = 5
(a) 4x − 6y = 1 (b) x − y + z = −3
−2x + 7y + 2z = 1 5x + 3y − 2z = 15

(10) Find the values of k for which the following system of equations has
(i) trivial solution (ii) non-trivial solution.
(3k − 8)x + 3y + 3z = 0
3x + (3k − 8)y + 3z = 0
3x + 3y + (3k − 8)z = 0

(11) If p is a solution of a non-homogeneous system AX = Y , then show that v + p is also a

solution of AX = Y , for every solution v of the homogeneous system AX = 0.

(12) If A and B are symmetric matrices, then prove that

(i) A + B is symmetric.
(ii) AAT and AT A are both symmetric.
(iii) AB − BA is skew-symmetric.
(iv) AB is symmetric iff AB = BA

ANSWERS

1(a) 3 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 3

2(a) LD (b) LD (c) LI
3(a) not possible (b) α = 1/3 or β = 4 (c) α 6= 1/3, β 6= 4
4(a) no solution (b) (1,0,1)
5(a) (i) λ = 3, µ 6= 10 (ii) λ 6= 3, µ ∈ R (iii) λ = 3, µ = 10
5 (b) (i) λ = −3 (ii) λ 6= −3, 2 (iii) λ = 2
5 (c) (i) if λ = −2 then p + q + r 6= 0 and if λ = 1 then either p 6= q or q 6= r
(ii) λ 6= −2, 1 (iii) if λ = −2 then p + q + r = 0 and if λ = 1 then p = q = r
6 No. (k, 2 − k, 1), k ∈ R
8 f = (4 − k)x2 − 2x + k, k ∈ R
9 (a) (1/16, -1/8, 1) (b) (1, 2, -2)
10 (a)k 6= 2/3, 11/3 (b) k = 2/3 or 11/3