School of Mathematics, Thapar University, Patiala

Tutorial Sheet 08 (Rank, Elementary operations, System of linear Equations)

1. Using the elementary row operations, reduce the following matrices into row reduced echelon form and
hence find its rank.
1 2 1
1 2 1 1 2 1 2
2 3 4
(a) 2 3 4 5 (b) 1 1 1 (c) Ans: (2, 3, 2)
1 3 1
1 4 13 5 3 1 2
8 13 14
2. Find all the solutions of the following homogenous system AX 0 , where A is given by
1 1 2 1
3 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 11 5
2 1 1 2
(a) 1 2 3 (b) 1 1 1 1 (c) (d) 4 1 10
3 2 1 3
1 5 4 1 2 6 12 4 9 6
4 2 2 4
3. Test the consistency of the system of the equations and if consistent find all the solution of it.
x
2 3 1 x1 2 2 0 3 x 0 1 1 1 1 4
y
(a) 1 1 2 x2 3 (b) 0 2 3 y 0 (c) 1 1 1 1 2
z
2 1 3 x3 2 1 1 1 z 1 1 1 1 1 0
w
5 3 14 4
1 1 1 x 3 x 1 4 7 x 8
0 1 2 1
(d) 3 9 2 y 4 (e) y (f) 3 8 2 y 6
1 1 2 0
5 3 4 z 6 z 7 8 26 z 3
2 1 6 2
4. For what value of for which the following system is consistent and solve the system for this value of ,
x y 1, x y , (1 ) x 2 y 3 .
5. Discuss the values of for which the system of linear equations: x y 4z 6, x 2 y 2z 6 ,
x y z 6 is consistent/inconsistent.
6. Show that there are two values of k for which the equations kx 3 y 2z 1, x (k 1) y 4 , 10 y 3z 2,
2x ky z 5 are consistent. Find their solution for an integral value of k .
7. Show that the three equations 2x y z a, x 2 y z b, x y 2z c has no solution unless
a b c 0 , in which case they have infinitely many solutions. Find these solutions when a 1, b 1, c 2.
8. Let A be the coefficient matrix of the following homogenous system of n equations in n unknowns:
(1 n) x1 x 2  x n 0
x1 (1 n) x 2  x n 0
.

x1 x 2  (1 n) x n 0
Find the reduced row-echelon form of A and hence, or otherwise, prove that the solution of the above system is
x1 x 2  x n , with x n arbitrary.
Answers:
2 7 8
(2). (a) ( , , ) (b) ( , , , ) (c) ( 3 ,5 , , ) (d) (0, 0, 0) where and are
3 3 3
arbitrary. (3) (a) (1, 2, 2) (b) (3/2, 3/2, 1) (c) (2 ,1, ,1) (d) (1,1,1) (e) (-1, -1/2, ¾) (f)
inconsistent. (4). 2, x 1, y 0 (5). If 7 / 10 then unique solution, else inconsistent (6)
k 3, 1/ 25 ; x 2, y 1, z 4 , (7). x k 1, y k 1, z k , k being an arbitrary scalar.