MASSEY UNIVERSITY

Institute of Fundamental Sciences

160.102 LINEAR MATHEMATICS

Worksheet 4

1. Let  
1 2 
  
3 3 1 2 3
A = −1 −2 , B= , C= .
−1 1 3 2 1
0 1
Either compute, or in a sentence explain why it is not possible to compute, the
following

(a) AB,
(b) BA,
(c) B 2 + C,
(d) AT + 2C,
(e) C −1 ,
(f) B −1 .

2. Let      
2 3 1 9 1
A= , B= , C= .
−1 1 −3 k 2

(a) Find all k ∈ R such that AB = BA.

(b) Find all k ∈ R such that B is invertible.
(c) Solve Ax = C for x ∈ R2 by computing and using A−1 .
2
(d) Compute A−2 . (Hint: A−2 = (A−1 ) .)

3. Let    
0 1 1 2
R = −1 2 3 ,
  v = 1 .

0 −1 1 2
  
(a) Compute R−1 . (Hint: Row reduce R  I to RREF.)
(b) Use your answer to (a) to solve Rx = v for x ∈ R3 .

4. Let  
−1 −1
K= .
1 0
Compute K 100 . (Hint: Compute K 2 , K 3 , K 4 , etc. and look for a pattern.)