NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

SMA1216 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 1B

TUTORIAL 1 : MATRICES

1. Define the following terms

(a) matrix,
(b) square matrix,
(c) identity matrix,
(d) triangular matrix,
(e) transpose of a matrix,
(f) invertible matrix,
(g) singular matrix,
(h) row equivalent matrices,
(i) row echelon form,
(j) row-reduced echelon form,
(k) rank of a matrix,
(l) degenerate linear equation,
(m) consistent linear system of equations,
(n) non-consistent linear system of equations,
(o) linear independence,
(p) adjoint of a matrix,
(q) eigenvalues,
(r) eigenvectors.

2. Reduce each of the following matrices to echelon form and then to row-reduced
echelon form
 
1 1 2
(a) A =  2 4 9  ,
 

3 15 36
 
1 2 −1 2 1
(b) B =  4 8

2 −4 10 
,
3 6 3 −7 7

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 1 3 2 3
 
 2 8 10 10 
(c) C =  ,

1 7 14 −11

 
3 11 14 15
0 2 2 3
 
 0 6 8 12 
(d) D =  .

0 0 4 6 


0 4 17 10

3. Hence find the rank of the matrices in 2(a)-2(d).

4. Solve the following system

(a)

x + y − 2w + 4z = 5,
2x + 2y − 3w + z = 3,
3x + 3y − 4w − 2z = 1.

(b)

x + 3y − 2w + 5z = 4,
2x + 8y − w + 9z = 9,
3x + 5y − 12w + 17z = 7.

5. Consider the following system,

y + x + az = 1,
x + z + ay = 4,
ax + y + z = b,

(a) find the values of a and b for which the system has a unique solution,
(b) and find points (a, b) such that the system has more than one solution.

6. For what values of k and m does the system

2x − y + 4z = 1,
x + 2y − z = m,
3x − y + kz = −2,

has

(a) a unique solution,

(b) no solution, and

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 (c) infinitely many solutions?

7. Consider the following system,

2x − y + z = 4,
x + 3y + az = b,
ay + 5z = 10,

(a) find the values of a and b for which the system has a unique solution,
(b) and find points (a, b) such that the system has more than one solution.

8. Consider the following system,

x + 2y + z = 3,
by + 5z = 10,
2x + 7y + bz = c,

(a) find the values of b and c for which the system has a unique solution,
(b) and find points (b, c) such that the system has more than one solution.
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9. Given that v~1 =  0  , v~2 =  3  , v~3 =  5  determine if the set of vectors
     

1 5 -1
{ v~1 , v~2 , v~3 } is linearly independent.
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10. Given that v~1 =  5  , v~2 =  10  , v~3 =  5  determine if the set of vectors
     

1 5 -1
{ v~1 , v~2 , v~3 } is linearly independent.

11. (a) Find the adjoint of matrix A, adj A, if

 
1 0 2
i. A =  2 −1 3  ,
 

4 1 8
 
0 1 1
ii. A =  1 1 −1  ,
 

1 1 0
(b) Hence find the A−1 .

12. Find the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvectors of the matrix
 
5 8 16
(a) A =  4 1 8 
.


−4 −4 −11

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  
1 3 3
(b) B =  3 5 3 
,


6 5 4
 
1 3 3
(c) C =  3 5 3 
.


6 2 4