The American University in Cairo

School of Science and Engineering

Spring Semester, 2016

Dr. Sherine Ahmed El Baradei

ENGR 313
Assignment # 2
Linear Algebraic Equations

1. Use Gauss elimination to solve:

8 x1 2 x2 2 x3 2

10 x1 2 x2 4 x3 4
12 x1 2 x2 2 x3 6

Employ partial pivoting and check your answers by substituting them into the
original equations.
2. Use Gauss-Jordan elimination to solve:
2 x1 x2 x3 1

5 x1 2 x2 2 x3 4
3 x1 x2 x3 5

Do not employ pivoting. Check your answers by substituting them into the
original equations.
3. The following system of equations is designed to determine concentrations (the
cs in

m3

) in a series of coupled reactors as a function of the amount of mass

input to each reactor (the right-hand sides in

day ),

15c1 3c2 c3 3800

3c1 18c2 6c3 1200
4c1 c2 12c3 2350

a) Determine the matrix inverse.

b) Use the inverse to determine the solution.
c) How much will the concentration in reactor 3 be reduced if the rate of
g
mass input to reactors 1 and 2 is reduced by 500 and 250
day ,
respectively.
4. Use the Gauss-Seidel method to solve the following system until the percent
relative error falls below s = 5% for all xs,
10 x1 2 x2 x3 27
3 x1 6 x2 2 x3 61.5
x1 x2 5 x3 21.5

5. Solve for the values of the reactors in problem 3, but using Jacobi iteration
technique until the percent relative error falls below s = 5% for all xs.
6. Solve the engineering applications' problems explained in class.