Mekelle University

College of Natural and Computational Sciences

Department of Mathematics
Applied mathematics-I Work sheet II

1. let A=( a ij ) and B=( b ij ) be 3 x 4 matrices where a ij=i+ j and b ij=i − j , if C=A+2B, then
find a) c 24 b) c 12 c) c 25
2. A matrix A has x-rows and x+1 columns and matrix B has y rows and 11-y columns.If both
AB and BA exist ,then find x and y.

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a b c a+2 g b+2 g c+ 2i g h i
3. Let A= d e f , B= d+ 3 g 3+ 3 h f +3 i ,∧C= 2d 2 e 2 f .
g h i g h i a b c
If det ( A )=5 , find det ( B ) , det ( C ) , det ⁡( BC ).

{
2 x+4 y+3z=1
−x+ y+2 z=0
4. Use Cramer’s rule to solve 2x+3 y+2 z=1

{
x + y + z=4 '
5. Solve x− y + z=0 using cramme r s rule .
2 x + y + z=5

6. For what value( s ) of k does the matrix A= [ k−3

−2
−2
k −2 ]
be not invertible?

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1 −2 1 0
8. Given the linear system AX=B ,with A= 2 −2 γ , B= 2 where γ∧β are two real
3 −2 0 β
numbers, find the values of these parameters such that:

i. The system is inconsistent;

ii. The system has infinitely many solutions;
iii. The system has exactly one solution.

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1 −1 2
9. Consider the matrix A= 3 1 1 .
1 7 5
i. Use Gaussian elimination to find the determinant of A .
ii. Use the cofactor expansion to find the determinant of A .

10.If A is an invertible matrix of order 2 and det ( A )=5 then find det ⁡( A−1).
11.Solve the following system of equations using matrices

2 x−3 y +5 z=11
3 x+ 2 y −4 z=−5
x + y−2 z=−3
12.Find x∧ y if [2 y −x 3 ][
3 x+ y − y = 1 2
−5 3
. ]
13.Solve for x, y, z and w in the matrix equation

[ wy xx ]=[−42 −13 ]+2 [ yz wx ]

14.let A and B be square matrices of order 3 such that | A|=−5∧|B|=3 , find | AB|, |4 A|, | A3|

[ ]
k +1 0 0
15.Find the values of k in a matrix 4 k 3 so that it is singular matrix.
2 8 k +5

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1 1 0
16.Find the inverse of the matrix A= 6 3 2 .
5 1 4

17.Let A be 3x4 by 3x4 matrix and a ij= {

0 for i ≠ j then
3 for i= j
find trace of A and det(A).

2
18.Let A be a square matrix of order n such that A −4 A+ 4 I n=0 , then find A−1.

19.Find the eigen values and eigen vectors of A= [ 75 −10

−8 ].

20. Let A= [−22 −13 ].

a. Find the characteristic polynomial , eigen values and corresponding eigen vectors
b. find a non –singular matrix p such that D= P−1 AP is diagonal

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a 2 1
21.The eigen value(s) of 0 a 2 is (are) _____________________.
0 0 a