MAT 248: Applied Linear Algebra (Homework: 2) 10 August 2023

1. Show that the system

x1 + x2 + x3 = y1
2x1 + 3x2 + x3 = y2
3x1 + 5x2 + x3 = y3
has infinite number of solutions provided y1 , y2 and y3 satisfy the following
condition
y1 − 2y2 + y3 = 0
2. Determine all values of the constant k for which the following system has
a. no solution
b. infinite number of solution
c. unique solution
x1 + 2x2 − x3 = 3
2x1 + 5x2 + x3 = 7
x1 + x2 − k 2 x3 = −k

3. Determine the solution set to the following linear system involving complex
coefficients
(1 + 2i)x1 + 4x2 + (3 + i)x3 = 0
(2 − i)x1 + (1 + i)x2 + 3x3 = 0
5ix1 + (7 − i)x2 + (3 + 2i)x3 = 0

4. The management of a private investment club has a fund of INR 300, 000
earmarked for investment in stocks. To arrive at an acceptable overall level
of risk, the stocks that the management is considering have been classified
into three categories: high-risk, medium-risk, and low-risk. Management es-
timates that high-risk stocks will have a rate of return of 16 percent per year;
medium-risk stocks, 10 percent per year; and low-risk stocks, 4 percent per
year. The investment in medium-risk stocks is to be twice the investment
in stocks of the other two categories combined. If the investment goal is to

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 have an average rate of return of 11 percent per year on the total investment,
determine how much the club should invest in each type of stock.

5. Determine a degree 2 polynomial that passes through (0, 1), (1, 3) and (−1, 1).
(Note: Such a polynomial is called an interpolating polynomial for the given
data. )
6. (a) Find a function g(θ) = a cos(θ) + b cos(2θ) + c cos(3θ) such that g(0) =
g(π/2) = g(π) = 0 , where a, b, c are constants.
(b) Find a cubic polynomial p(x) = a + bx + cx2 + dx3 such that
p(1) = 1, p′ (1) = 5, p(−1) = 3, and p′ (−1) = 1
.
7. Solve the following system of linear equations using Gauss-Jordan elimina-
tion method and provide the number of free variables in it.

x1 − x3 − 2x5 = 1
x2 + 3x3 − x5 = 2
2x1 − 2x3 + x4 − 3x5 = 0

8. You, as a executive of Rufus communication, recently traveled to London,

Paris and Rome. You paid 280, 330 and 260 Dollars per night for lodging
in London, Paris and Rome respectively, and your hotel bills totaled 4060
Dollars. You spent 130, 140 and 110 Dollars per day for meals in London,
Paris and Rome respectively, and your expenses for meals totaled 1800 Dol-
lars. If you spent as many days in London as you did in Paris and Rome
combined, how many days did you stay in each city?
9. Find conditions on a, b such that the following system has no solutions,
infinitely many, and a unique solution.

x + ay = 2
4x + 8y = b

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10. If ax2 + bx + c is divided by x + 3, x − 5, and x − 1, the remainders are 21,
61 and 9 respectively. Find a, b and c. (Use Gaussian elimination method.)