Alexandria University

Faculty of Engineering
Electrical Power Engineering Department

Mathematics 6
March 2011
Second Year

Sheet 1: Solution of Systems of Linear Equations

1- Find the values of such that
2x y 5
4x 2 y

i) has a solution
ii) has no solution
What is the geometric interpretation in each case?
2- Solve the following systems of linear equations using Gauss elimination method:
a) x y 2z 3w 13, x 2 y z w 8, 3x y z w 1
b) x y z 1, x y 2z 3, 2x y z 2
c)

2x y z 2w 1, 3x 2 y z 6 w 2, x y z w 1,
6 x z 9 w 2, 5x y 2z 8w 3

d) x y z 0, x y 3, y z 1
e) x 2 y 3z 0, x y z 0, x y 2z 0, x 3y 3z 0
f) x 2 y 3z 4, 2x y 3z 5, 3x z 2, 3x 3y 7
3- Find a non-trivial solution to the homogeneous linear system ( 4I 3 A) X 0 for
1 0 5
A 1 1 1

0 1 4
4- Find all values of for which the resulting linear system of equations has (a) no
solution, (b) a unique solution and (c) infinitely many solutions:
x y z 2, x 2 y z 3, x y ( 2 5)z

5- Find all values of for which the inverse of

1 1 0
A 1 0 0

1 2
exists. Find A 1 .

6- Find the inverse of the following matrices using Gauss-Jordan method, if it exists:
1 2 3 1
1 3 3 2

b) B
2 0 1
5

3 1 2 5
1 2 3
7- Find the inverse of A 1 1 2 using Gauss-Jordan and hence solve the following

1 1 0
systems of equations:
1
1

a) AX 0
b) AX 2


1
1
3 1 2
a) A 2 1 2

1 2 2

4 0 0
8- Find the inverse of the diagonal matrix A 0 2 0 . Comment on your results.

0 0 3

9- Use the LU Factorization method to solve the following systems of linear equations
( AX B ):
2 3 4
6

a) A 4 5 10 , B 16

4 8 2
2
4 2 3
b) A 2 0 5

1 2 1
2
4
4 6
c) A
8 16

20 10

1
, B 1

3
1
0
6
13
1
3
, B

20
3 4

4 3
15

10- Use the LU Factorization method to find the determinant of the following matrix:
2 3 4
A 4 5 10

4 8 2

Final Answers to Sheet 1

1) i) 10 (Coinciding lines) ii) 10 (parallel lines)
2) a) x 2 r , y 1, z 8 2r, w r
b) x 1, y 2 / 3, z 2 / 3
c) No solution
d) x 1, y 4, z 3
e) x y z 0
f) No solution
3) x r, y 0, z r
4) a) 2 b) 2 c) 2
1
0
1

6) a)
1
2
1 b) Singular

3 / 2 5 / 2 1 / 2
1 3 / 2
7) A 1 1 3 / 2

0
1/ 2
1 0 0
9) a) L 2 1 0,

2 2 1
0
1
b) L 0.5
1

0.25 1.5
0
0
1
1 1
0
c) L
2 3 1

0 1
5
10) |A| = 4

1/ 2
3 / 2
1 / 2 , a) X 1/ 2

1/ 2
1 / 2

2 3
U 0 1

0 0
0
4
0, U 0

0
1
0
4

0
0
, U
0
0

1
0

9/ 2
b) X 7 / 2

1/ 2
4
4
2 , X 2

1
2
2
3
2
1 3.5, X 2

1
0 5.5
2 1 0
4 2 3

0 1 5

0 0 2