Wolkite University

College of Natural and Computational Science

Department of Mathematics
Applied Mathematics I: Worksheet-I

1. Given vectors Find

a) ‖ ‖
b)
c)
d) The angle between
e) The unit vector in the direction of
f) Let be the angle between A and B. Find
2. Prove that the points form a right angle
triangle
3. Find the cosines of the angles of the triangle having vertices at

4. Let A and B be two non-zero vectors. Show that A and B are parallel if and only if the
angle between them is 0 or .
5. Given any non-zero vectors A and B such that B is constant multiple of A then show that
these two vectors are on the same line.
6. Find the direction cosine of the vector
7. If A is a vector in the first octant such that ‖ ‖ and the direction cosine with respect

to i and j are respectively, then find A.

8. Find the projection of vector A along vector B and vector B along vector A if
a)
b)
9. Find the area of the triangle with vertices .
10. Find the vector perpendicular to both
11. Find the volume of the parallelepiped whose edges are the vectors
a)
b)

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Applied Mathematics I: Worksheet-I

12. Find the values of and w which satisfies the matrix equation

a) ( )( )=( )

b) 3( )=( ) +( )

c) [ ] -3* + =* +

13. If A= ( ). verify that A(adj(A))= | | I

14. Let A and B are 3x3 matrices if and .Then find det [(2AT) (B)-2(adjA)]

15. Let A = ( ) and B = ( ) C=( )

Then find
a) |A| , |B| , |C|
b) , using and Determinant.
c) | |,| |, | |, | |
d) Express A,B,C as the sum of symmetric and skew symmetric matrix
e) Find the rank of A , B,C
f) Find A2 3 4
and if 3

2
g) Find
16. Find the inverse of the following

a) ( ) b) ( ) c) ( )

d) ( ) e) ( )

17. Find the value of the constants a, b, c for which the given matrix A is symmetric

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A=( )

18. Find the matrix such that = C ,given that

i. A=( ), B = ( ), C = ( )

19. Use Gaussian Elimination to solve the following system of linear equations.

a)

b)

20. Solve by Cramer’s rule, matrix inversion and ERO for the following systems
i.

x + 2y + z = 20
ii. 3x - 2y + 2z = 22
2x - y - 4z = 7

iii. for what value of a and b does the system of equations

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Applied Mathematics I: Worksheet-I

has i) no solution ii) unique solution iii) more than one solution

21. for what value of k will the system has non-trivial solution

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