MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

ES202 – Mathematics for Engineers

Murat Büyük, PhD

Assignment-1

1) Let, 𝑎⃗ = (2, −3,4), 𝑏⃗⃗ = (−1,2,5), 𝑐⃗ = (3,6, −1); Find the following:
⃗⃗
𝑎⃗⃗.𝑏
i) 𝑎⃗. (𝑎⃗ + 𝑏⃗⃗ + 𝑐⃗) , ii) 𝑎⃗. (4𝑏⃗⃗) , iii) (𝑐⃗. 𝑏⃗⃗) 𝑎⃗ , iv) ( ⃗⃗ ⃗⃗) 𝑏⃗⃗
𝑏.𝑏

2) For which values of bi does the system have infinitely many solutions?
x1+3x2+5x3+8x4=b1
2x1+5x2+14x3+10x4=b2
x1+3x2+16x3-3x4=b3
2x1+6x2+20x3+6x4=b4

3) Find the inverse of the following matrices:

1 3 4 2 4 1
𝐴 = [3 11 18], 𝐵 = [6 6 −20]
2 6 11 1 5 12

4) Find det[A], det[B]:

4 1 3 0 3 2 11 7
8 1 12 5 1 −2 2 4
𝐴=[ ], 𝐵 = [ ]
−8 3 −8 28 2 0 7 8
4 4 6 26 1 −6 0 9

5) Evaluate, (|𝑢 ⃗⃗⃗ and (𝑣⃗x𝑤

⃗⃗|𝑣⃗). 𝑤 ⃗⃗⃗) + 2𝑢
⃗⃗ , where:
⃗⃗ = 𝑖⃗ − 2𝑗⃗ + 4𝑘⃗⃗
𝑢
𝑣⃗ = 2𝑖⃗ + 3𝑗⃗ − 𝑘⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗ = 5𝑖⃗ + 4𝑗⃗ + 𝑘⃗⃗
𝑤

1 −1 1 −5 0 −2
2 −1 3 −6 1 9
6) Let, 𝐴 = [ ], 𝑟[𝐴] =?
1 0 2 −1 0 3
−1 2 0 9 −1 −1

7) For which values of the parameters ‘a’ and ‘b’ the system does have either i-unique solution
or ii-no solution, where:
x+y+z=3
x+y+(1+2b+ab)z=3+2b
(2+a)y+abz+b=b

8) Find the angle between the given vectors:

𝑎⃗ = (2,4,0), 𝑏⃗⃗ = (−1, −1,4)

9) Let, 𝑎⃗x𝑏⃗⃗ = 4𝑖⃗ − 3𝑗⃗ + 6𝑘⃗⃗ and 𝑐⃗ = 2𝑖⃗ + 4𝑗⃗ − 𝑘⃗⃗ , Find the corresponding scalar or vector:
(𝑎⃗x𝑏⃗⃗). 𝑐⃗=?

10) Prove the following statements true or false:

i)𝑎⃗x(𝑏⃗⃗x𝑐⃗) = (𝑎⃗x𝑏⃗⃗)x𝑐⃗ , ii)(𝑎⃗ + 𝑏⃗⃗)x(𝑎⃗ − 𝑏⃗⃗) = 2𝑏⃗⃗x𝑎⃗

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11) Use Gauss Elimination Method to solve the following system:

2x1+2x2=0
-2x1+x2+x3=0
3x1+x3=0

12) Use Gauss-Jordan Elimination Method to solve the following system:

x1-2x2+x3=2
3x1-x2+2x3=5
2x1+x2+x3=1

13) Check whether the following set of vectors are linearly dependent:
i) 𝑢
⃗⃗1 = (1,2,3), 𝑢
⃗⃗2 = (1,0,1) , 𝑢
⃗⃗3 = (1, −1,5)
ii) 𝑢
⃗⃗1 = (2,6,3), 𝑢
⃗⃗2 = (1, −1,4) , 𝑢⃗⃗3 = (3,2,1) , 𝑢
⃗⃗4 = (2,5,4)

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14) Let, 𝐴 = [ 1 −1 2] , Find: 𝑀12 , 𝑀32 , 𝐶13 , 𝐶22
−2 3 5

15) Find the determinants of the following matrices by cofactor expansion for the given systems:
0 2 0 5 0 0
𝐴 = [3 0 1] , 𝐵 = [0 −3 0]
0 5 8 0 0 2

16) Find the determinant of the following system by using upper or lower triangular matrix form:
1 1 5
𝐴 = [ 4 3 6]
0 −1 1

17) Find the inverse of the following matrix:

0 2 0
𝐴 = [ 0 0 1]
8 0 0

18) Find the inverse of the following matrix by using Gauss-Jordan Method:
1 2 3
𝐴 = [ 4 5 6]
7 8 9

19) Find 𝑥⃗ for the following system if; 𝐴𝑥⃗ = 𝐵 and 𝐴−1 𝐴𝑥⃗ = 𝐴−1 𝐵 :
x1+x2=4
2x1-x2=14

20) Solve the following system by using Cramer’s Rule:

-3x1+x2=3
2x1-4x2=-6

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