BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE,PILANI

Hyderabad Campus
SECOND SEMESTER 2020-2021
MATH F112 (Mathematics-II)
Tutorial Sheet-1
Topic: Gauss elimination and Gauss-Jordan Methods

1. Use Gauss elimination method to determine all possible solutions of the following system of linear equations:
x1 + x2 + x3 = 1,

x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 = 0,

3x1 + 5x2 + 4x3 = 4.

2. Use Gauss elimination method to determine all possible solutions of the following system of linear equations:
x1 + 2x2 + x3 + 2x4 + x5 = 1,

3x1 + 6x2 + 5x3 + 8x4 + 2x5 = 3,

3x1 + 6x2 + x3 + 4x4 + 5x5 = 4,

2x1 + 4x2 + 4x3 + 7x4 + 2x5 = 5,

7x1 + 14x2 + 9x3 + 17x4 + 8x5 = 11.

3. Use Gauss elimination method to find all the solutions of(if any)
−x1 + 3x2 − x3 = −10,

2x1 − 2x2 − 3x3 = −2,

−x1 + x2 + 3x3 = 4,

x1 − 3x2 + 4x3 = 15.

4. Use Gauss elimination method to determine all possible solutions of the following system of linear equations:
3x1 − 2x2 + 4x3 = −54,

−x1 + x2 − 2x3 = 20,

5x1 − 4x2 + 8x3 = −83.

5. Use Gauss elimination method to determine all possible solutions of the following system of linear equations:
4x1 − 2x2 − 7x3 = 5,

−6x1 + 5x2 + 10x3 = −11,

−2x1 + 3x2 + 4x3 = −3,

−3x1 + 2x2 + 5x3 = −5.

6. For what values of λ the homogeneous system
(λ − 1)x + 2y = 0,

2x + (λ − 1)y = 0.
have a nontrivial solution?
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7. For what values of λ the following system has

x + 2y − 3z = 4,

3x − y + 5z = 2,

4x + y + (λ2 − 14)z = λ + 2.

(a) no solution.
(b) unique solution.
(c) infinitely many solutions.

8. Use Gauss-Jordan method to find all possible solutions of problem 1.

9. Use Gauss-Jordan method to find all possible solutions of problem 2.

10. Use Gauss-Jordan method to find all possible solutions of problem 3.

11. Let a be a real number. Consider the following system of equations:

x1 + x2 + x3 = 3

x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 = 6

x1 + 4x2 + ax3 = 14.

Then
(a) For what values of a, the system has no solution.
(b) For what values of a, the system has infinitely many solutions.
(c) For what values of a, the system has unique solutions.

12. Does the system of equations have any nontrivial solution? Justify your answer:

2x1 − 3x2 + x3 = 0

x1 + 2x2 − x3 = 0

3x1 − x2 = 0.

13. Does the system of equations have any nontrivial solution? Justify your answer:

x1 + x2 + x3 = 0

x1 + 2x2 + 4x3 = 0

x1 − x2 + x3 = 0.