Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.

Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and

Technology
School of Sciences and Humanities Vtu. No.
VTR UGE2021- (CBCS) Date: 04.10.21

B.Tech Test – I Oct-2021

Semester: Summer Semester

10210MA101–LINEAR ALGEBRA FOR COMPUTING

SET - A

Duration: 90 Minutes Max Marks:30

Course Outcome(s) Covered:

[CO1, K2]: Learn the fundamental properties of matrices, inverse matrices, and solve linear
system of Equations.

PART – A (5 ×2 = 10)

Answer All Questions. Each Question Carries One Mark.

[CO No, K Time

Level] (mins.)

1. [CO1, K1]  3  5 6
If A    and A2  kA  14 I , then find the value of
 4 2 
k?

2. [CO1, K1]  1 2 3 6
 
Find the rank of the matrix A   3 4 5 
 4 5 6
 

3. [CO1, K1] For which value of ‘b’ the rank of the matrix 6
1 5 4 
 
A   0 3 2  is 2
 b 13 10 
 

4. [CO1, K2] Solve: by matrix inversion method 6

x  y  3 ; 2x  2 y  8
5. [CO1, K2] Prove that the following equations are inconsistent 6
3 x1  2 x2  x3  x4  1
3 x1  2 x3  3 x4  4
5 x1  4 x2  x4  3

PART – B (4× 5 = 20)

Answer Any Four Questions. Each Question Carries Five Marks.

[CO No, K Time

Level] (mins.)

2  1 3 4
0 3 4 1 
6. [CO1, K2] Find the rank of the Matrix A   15
2 3 7 5
 
2 5 11 6

7. [CO1, K2]  2 3 4 15
 
Find the inverse of the matrix if A   4 3 1 
1 2 4
 

8. [CO1, K2] Test whether the following equations have non-zero solution 15
x  y  3 z  0, 3 x  y  z  0, 2 x  y  4 z  0 , if exists obtain the
solutions.

9. [CO1, K2] Test the consistency and solve the following system of equations 15
2 x  y  3 z  8,  x  2 y  z  4, 3 x  y  4 z  0

10 [CO1, K2] For what value of λ and μ the given system of equation 15
x  y  z  6, x  2 y  3 z  10, x  2 y  z   has (a) no solution
(b) a unique solution and (c) infinite number of solutions.

K1 – Remember; K2 – Understand; K3 – Apply; K4 – Analyze; K5 – Evaluate; K6 – Create;