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Excelsior High School

Integrated Mathematics
TOPIC: MATRICES WORKSHEET # 1

 1 0
 4 
 1 2  0  2 3  5 2  D    1
A  B  C 
 1 3  ,  1 3 1  ,  1 7  ,  2  3 
1. Given that
Find the following:

(a) BT (b) 3 A  2C (c) CA (d) BD

1
(e) DB (f) C (g) AT B (h)Show that (AC)T =CTAT

T T T T
(i) What is the order of each matrix: (i) A C (ii) D B C .

2. If A is a 3 x 7 matrix and B is a 3 x 7 matrix find the order of the following

matrices if they are possible: (i) B ´ AT (ii) AB (iii) BT ´ A

3. Show that the following are singular matrices:

8 6 2 −1 5
(i)
[ ]
2
3
2
(ii) 4 3 1
2 −1 5 [ ]
4. Given that M = [ 2t4 −11
−9 ] if
M = 80
, find the value of t.

5. Use matrix algebra to solve for the following unknowns:

3x - 2 y  z  5
4x  y  2z  3
(i) 5x  3 y  4 z  2 for z only

2x  y  z  0
4x  3y  2z  2  0
(ii) 2 x  y  3 z  0 for x, y, and z
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2a  3b  2c   8
a  b  2c  25
(iii) 4a  6b  c   7 for b only

6(a) Pam bought 2 pens, 5 pencils and 3 markers for $119.00. One month later she bought 1
pen, 3 pencils and 2 markers for $ 72.00. In preparation for her final project she
purchased 3 pens, 1 pencil and 1 marker for $61.00. Calculate the unit cost of each item.
Assume the cost of each item was unchanged for each period.

(b) Jus Juice Ltd. manufactures three juice blends: mango, cherry and orange.
Each requires mix 1, mix 2 and mix 3 as given in the table below:

Mix 1 Mix 2 Mix 3

Mango 1 unit 2 units 2 units
Cherry 1 unit 2 units 3 units
Orange 3 units 1 unit 3 units
Table 1

The mango blend cost $64, the cherry blend cost $79, and the orange blend cost $87.
Using matrix algebra, calculate the unit cost of the three mixes for Jus Juice Ltd.

[ 1 p 0 ¿] ¿ ¿ ¿
7. Solve for p,q and r in the following matrix ¿

Revised August 2013