Assignment : MALMD_VRA2

Number of Questions : 42 Time required : 3 Hours

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1. If there are 3 square matrix A, B, C of same order satisfying the equation A 2 = A–1 and let B  A 2 and
( n 2 )
C  A2 , then value of |B – C| ?
2. If A is symmetric and B is skew symmetric matrix and A + B is non-singular and C = (A + B)-1 (A-B) then
i) C T(A+B) C equals
A) A + B B) A – B C) A D) B
ii) C T(A–B) C equals
A) A + B B) A – B C) A D) B
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iii) C AC
A) A + B B) A – B C) A D) B
3. Using matrices, solve the following systems of homogeneous equations :
i) 5x + 5y + 2z = 0 ii) 3x + y – 2z = 0
2x + 5y + 4z = 0 x+y+z=0
4x + 5y + 2z = 0 x  2y + z = 0.
4. Using matrices, solve the following systems of homogeneous equations :
i) 2x – 3y – z = 0 ii) x + y – z = 0
x + 3y – 2z = 0 x – 2y + z = 0
x – 3y = 0 3x + 6y – 5z = 0
5. Show that the matrix BAB is symmetric or skew-symmetric according as A is symmetric or skew-symmetric.
1 0  x 
6. Find x, if [x 1]      O.
 2  3 3
 2 x  3y a  b 3  1  2 3 
Find x, y, a and b if  
x  4 y 3a  4b 11 6 29
7. .
1
 2  1  1  8  10
   
8. Find the matrix A such that  1 0  A   1  2  5  .
 3 4   9 22 15 

0 0 
 3 2  
9. If A =   and B = 2 5 , find (BA)
 1 1 3 4 

 2  3 p 0 
 
10. Let S be the set which contains all possible values of l, m, n, p, q, r for which A =  0 m 8
2
q  be
 r 0 n 2  15
 
a non-singular idempotent matrix. Find the absolute sum of the products of elements of the set S, taken two at a
time.

2 when i  j
11. If A = [aij]4x4 such that aij =   and  = | adj (adj A) |. The remainder when  is divided by 7 is ?
0 when i  j

2 1  3 4  3  4
12. Let three matrices A =   ,B=   and C =   then,
4 1  2 3  2 3 
 ABC   A(BC) 2   3
Tr(A) + Tr    Tr   Tr  A(BC)         equals ? [Tr(A) denotes Trace of Matrix A]
 2  4   8 
   

x  1  3 4 
 
13. Determine the value of x for which the matrix   5 x  2 2  is singular.
 4 1 x  6

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14. If A =   , show that A – 3I = 2(I + 3A ).
2 1

15. Using the matrix method, solve the following systems of equation :
i) x + y + z = 2 ii) 3x – 4y + 2z = –1 iii) x + 2y + z = 7
2x – y = 3 2x + 3y + 5z = 7 x – 3z = 11
2y + z = 0 x+z=2 2x – 3y = 1.

16. Using matrices, show that the following systems of equations are inconsistent :
i) 3x – y + 2z = 3 ii) 3x – y = 2z = 2
2x + y + 3z = 5 2y – z = -1
x – 2y – z = 1 3x – 5y = 3.

0 1  0 a 
17. Given A =   . If (A8 + A6 + A4 +A2 + I) V =   gives matrix V =   , then value of (11 b + a) equals where I
3 0 11 b 
is 2  2 identity matrix

4  5  11
 
18. If A = 1  3 1  , find A1. Using A1 solve the following system of equations :
2 3  7 
4x – 5y – 11z = 12, x = 3y + z = 1, 2x + 3y – 7z = 2.

1 2 3
 
19. Using elementary transformations, find the inverse of the following matrix:  2 5 7 .
 2  4  5

0 1  n1
 , show that (aI + bA) = a I + na bA, where I is the identity matrix of order 2 and n  N,
n n
20. Let A = 
 0 0 
using PMI

 3  5 2 3
21. If A =   and f(x) = x – 5x – 14, find f (A). Hence obtain A .
  4 2 

1 0 2 
 
22. Show that the matrix 0 2 1 satisfies the polynomial equation x3  6x2 + 7x + 2 = 0.
2 0 3

1 p 0  1 0 0 
   
23. Obtain the inverses of the matrices 0 1 p  and q 1 0  . Hence find the inverse of the matrix
0 0 1  0 q 1
1  pq p 0
 
 q 1  pq p .
 0 q 1 

 2  2  4
 4  is Idempotent Matrix
24. Show that the matrix A   1 3
 1  2  3

1 1  3
5 2 6  is a Nilpotent matrix of index 3
25. Show that 
 2  1  3

26. If a square matrix A follows (I - A) (I + A) = O where I is identity matrix and O is null matrix then A is ____
matrix (Idempotent/Involuntary/orthogonal/Identity)

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27. If f(x) = x2-3x + 3 and A =  4
 be a square matrix then prove that f(A) = 0 (Null matrix). Hence find A .
 1 1

1 2 0 
28. If A  2  1 0  show that 5A-1 = A2 + A – 5I
0 0  1

29. A = Dig (2, -1, 3) B = (-1, 3, 2) then find A2B ?

2 0 0
30. If A  2 2 0 , then adj (adj A) equals ?
2 2 2

1 1 1 2 1 3 1 n  1 378
31. If the product on n matrices   0 1  0 1 ------ 0 1  = 0 1  , then find value of n ?
 0 1        

 3 2 3 1
32. If A    and B   9 -1
 , then value of Det (2A B ) is ?
 2 1   7 3

 1 tan x 
33. If A   , and function f(x) = Det (ATA–1) than value of f(f(f(f……..f(f(x))) (n ≥ 2) is ?
 tan x 1 
n times
3x 2  x  2 2
5x 2
2x 
   
34. Let A   1  , B = [a b c] and C   5x 2
2x ( x  2) 2  be three given matrices, where a, b, c and x  R. Given
 6x   2x ( x  2) 2 5x 2 
   
that tr(AB) = tr(C) x  R, where tr(A) denotes trace of A. Find value of (a + b + c) ?

35. Let A is a square matrix of order n

l = maximum no. of distinct entries if A is a triangular matrix
m = maximum no. of distinct entries if A is a diagonal matrix
p = minimum no. of zeroes if A is a triangular matrix
If l + 5 = p + 2 m, find order of the matrix

36. If A is an idempotent matrix and I is an identity matrix of the same order, find the value of n, nN such that (A + I)n = I + 127A ?

0 1  1
 
37. Let X be the solution set of the equation A = I where A  4  3 4  and I is the corresponding unit matrix
x

3  3 4 
and x  N, then find minimum value of  (cos  + sin ),   R
x x

38. If no. of elements in a matrix is 60, then how many different order of matrix are possible ?

2 1   3 2  1 0
39. If   A  =  , then matrix A equals?
7 4  5  3 0 1

40. If A and B are square matrices of order 3, where |A| = –2 and |B| = 1, then find | (A–1) (adj B–1) (adj (2A–1) |

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1 2 a  1 18 2007 
41. If 0 1 4 = 0 1 36  then find (a + n) ?
0 0 1  0 0 1 

 4 4 5 
42. If matrix A =  2 3  3 find trace of A–2
 3  3 4 

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