Delhi Technological University

Department of Applied Mathematics

Mathematics-II(MA-102)
Assignment-I

1. Find the rank of the matrices (using elementary operations)

     
0 −1 5 5 3 0 1 2 −1 3
(i) A = 2 4 −6 (ii) B =  1 2 −4 (iii) C = 2 4 1 −2
1 1 5 −2 −4 8 3 6 3 −7

Ans: (i) Rank=3 (ii) Rank=2 (iii) Rank=2

2. Find the echelon form of the following matrices using elementary trans-
formaions and hence find the rank.
     
1 2 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
(i) X = 2 3 4 (ii) Y = 1 2 3 2 (iii) Z = 3 4 5 2
3 5 7 3 1 1 3 2 3 4 0

Ans:
   
1 2 3 1 2 3 2
(i) X = 0 −1 −2 , Rank = 2 (ii) Y = 0 1 2 1 , Rank = 3
0 0 0 0 0 2 2
 
1 1 1 1
(iii) Z = 0 −1 −2 1  , Rank = 3
0 0 0 −1

3. Using the concept of rank, show that the following equations are consistent
and hence solve them.

(i) 2x + y + z = 5
x+y+z =4
x − y + 2z = 1

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 (ii) x+y+z =6
x + 2y + 3z = 14
x + 4y + 7z = 30

Ans: (i) x = 1, y = 2, z = 1 (ii)x = k − 2, y = 8 − 2k, z = k, k ∈ R

4. Find the value of k for which the system of linear equations

x + 2y − 3z = −2
3x − y − 2z = 1
2x + 3y − 5z = k

are consistent.
Ans: k = −3.
5. Find the value of k for which the system of linear equations

x+y+z =7
x + 2y + 3z = 18
y + kz = 6

are inconsistent.
Ans: k = 2.
6. Find the values of a and b for which the equations

x + ay + z = 3
x + 2y + 2z = b
x + 5y + 3z = 9

are consistent. Will these have unique solution?

Ans: (i) When a = 2, the system of linear equations are consistent and
have unique solution.
(ii) When a = −1 and b = 6, the system of linear equations are consistent
and have infinitely many solutions.
7. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix
   
2 −1 0 10 −2 4
(i) A = −1 2 −1 (ii) B = −20 4 −10
0 −1 2 −30 6 −13
     
√ √1 √ 1
√ 1
Ans: (i) [2 − 2,  2], [2 + 2, − 2], [2,  0 ]
1 1 −1
     
1 0 1
(ii) [0, 5], [−1, 2], [2,  0 ]
0 1 −2

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 8. Show that the matrix
 
0 1 0
A = −1 0 0
0 0 2
has only one real eigenvalue. Find the eigenspace corresponding to that
eigenvalue.
 
0
Ans: span of 0
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9. Solve for the diagonalization of the matrix
 
−4 −4 −8
A= 4 6 4
6 4 10

10. Verify Caley-Hamilton theorem for the matrix

 
2 1 1
A = 0 1 0
1 1 2
Also express A8 − 5A7 + 7A6 − 3A5 + A4 − 5A3 + 8A2 − 2A + I as quadratic
polynomial in A.
Ans: A2 + A + I
11. Find the inverse of the matrix
 
1 2 6
A = 2 5 15
6 15 46
using the Cayley-Hamilton theorem.
Ans:
 
5 −2 0
A−1 = −2 10 −3
0 −3 1

12. Check whether the following vectors are linearly independent by finding
the rank of the matrix:
(i) {(3, 4, 5), (−3, 0, 5), (4, 4, 4), (3, 4, 0)}

(ii) {(1, 1, 1), (1, 2, 0), (0, −1, 1)}

(iii) {(1, 1, 1), (1, 2, 0), (0, −1, 2)}