Matrices, Determinants and System of Linear Equations

Exercise.

1. Let A and B be matrices

   
2 1 3 −3 1 −1
A= and B =
1 1 0 2 −4 2

(a) Evaluate 3A-2B

(b) Solve with respect to X the equation

2A + 3(X − B) = A + B

2. Let A and B be the matrices

   
a −2a c 1 2a c
A= 0 −a b  and B(x) =  a b − a −b 
a + b 0 −1 a−b 0 −1

Evaluate and simplify A+B and 2(A-B)-(A+2B)

3. Consider the matrix-valued functions

   
1 x2 x − 1 2x
A(x) = and B = , ∀x ∈ R
x 3x x2 1

(a) Evaluate and Simplify the function

C(x) = 2A(2x + 1) − B(x − 2), ∀x ∈ R

(b) Solve with respect to Y(x) the matrix equation

3A(x) + 2(Y (x) + A(x)) = A(x + 1) − B(x)

4. Given the function  

1 2x x2
A(x) = 0 1 x 
0 0 1
Show that A(3x) + 3A(x) = A(0) + 3A(2x), ∀x ∈ R

5. Consider the matrix  

2 5
A=
3 1

(a) Find the unique x, y ∈ R such that A2 = xA + yI

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(b) Find z, w ∈ R such that A3 = zA + wI

6. Given the matrices

   
1 2 3 3 −1 0
A = 0 1 −1 and B = 1 2 −1
2 1 −1 3 1 0

Evaluate and Simplify

(a) AB
(b) BA − 3B 2
(c) 2A3 − 3A + 1
 
a b
7. Given the matrix A = with a, b, c, d ∈ R
c d
Show that: A2 − (a + d)A + (ad − bc)I = 0
   
3 −4 1 −2 7 5
8. Let A = and B = . Determine
5 2 6 1 3 −9
(a) (AT )T (c) (A + B)T (e) (AB)T

(b) (2A)T − (3B)T (d) AT + B T

9. Determine whether the matrix is in row-echelon form. If it is, deter-

mine whether it is also in reduced row-echelon form
 
1 0 0 0  
0 1 0 0
(a) 0 1 1 2
  (b)
1 0 2 1
0 0 0 0
 
  1 0 0 0
1 0 2 1
(d) 0 0 0 1
(c) 0 1 3 4

0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0

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10. Write the matrix in row-echelon form. Remember that the row-echelon
form of a matrix is not unique.
   
1 1 0 5 1 1 −1 1
(a) −2 −1 2 −10 (b)  5 −4 1 8
3 6 7 14 −6 8 18 0
   
1 2 −1 3 1 −3 0 −7
(c)  3 7 −5 14 (d) −3 10 1 23 
−2 −1 −3 8 4 −10 2 −24

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