TUTORIAL

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1. Given A 2  , B  ( 4 5 6 ) , find
3
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a) AT  B b) AB

1 0 a b 1  1 2  1
2. Find the the values for a, b, c, d if 2 1 c d   1 1   4 3 
      

( ans : 1, 0, 1, 2 )

 2  a 3 4  6 3  c 4
3. Find the values of a, b, c, d if    
 4 2b 2   2  4d  8 2 

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( ans : -4,-4, 0,  )
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4. Determine the rank of matrix B

4 1 3 3
B = 2 0 0 1
6 2 6 5 ( ans : 2 )

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5. Find A using the Adjoint method if A   2 - 3 2 
 3 1 -1 
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6. Use Gauss-Jordon method to solve the following System of Linear Equations,

2x  4 y  z  4
2 y  3z  2
x  3y  z  2
5 1
( ans : , ,1 )
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8. Find the determinant of the matrix A   - 2 3 4 
 1 
 -2 1 

( ans : 11x  6y  z  6 )

9. Show that the following SPL has a non trivial solution

x1  x 2  2x 3  x 4  0
2x1  2x 2  x 4  0
3x1  x 2  2x 3  x 4  0
(x1 , x 2 , x 3 , x 4 )  (t, t, t,0)

10. Find the value of k so that the following SPL has

a) no solution ( or not consistence )
b) unique solution
c) many solutions

2x  ky  4z  1
kx  y  2
x  2y  4z  1

11. Determine the value of k so that the following SPL has a non trivial solution.

Hence take that value of k and solve this SPL

2x  2y  2z  0
3x  ky  5z  0
x  7 y  3z  0

5 1
( ans : k  5, x  t, y  t, z  t )
4 4

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