Republic of the Philippines

ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY

City of Ilagan, Campus

MATRIX STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Prelim Exam

Direction: Show your detailed solution to avoid point deduction.

a. Addition of Matrix, Multiplication of Vector by Scalar Algebra of Matrices and special

Matrices. ( 50 points )

1. Find all numbers z such that Az3 + Bz2 + Cz = D

⎡ 2 4 2⎤ ⎡− 1 1 1⎤ ⎡ 2 4 2⎤ ⎡ 1 − 1 − 1⎤
A=⎢ ⎥ B=⎢ ⎥ C=⎢ ⎥ D=⎢ ⎥
⎣1 3 1 ⎦ ⎣ 1 − 2 − 1⎦ ⎣1 3 1 ⎦ ⎣− 1 2 1 ⎦

2. Find DA and AD, if possible where D=Dg(3,0,2,-1) and also

⎡− 2 1 0 3⎤ ⎡3 0 0 0 ⎤
⎢9 8 −5 9 ⎥ ⎥ ⎢0 0 0 0 ⎥
A= ⎢ D=⎢ ⎥
⎢ 0 − 2 3 − 4⎥ ⎢0 0 2 0 ⎥
⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥
⎣ 7 − 6 4 − 1⎦ ⎣0 0 0 − 1⎦

b. Determinants, Gaussian Matrix, Gauss Jordan Matrix, Inverse Matrix and

Cramers Rule. ( 50 points )

1. Using the 4-different method, find the value of x1, x2, x3, and x4.

x1 −4x2 +2x3 +x4 =−45

-x1 −2x2 +7x3 +9x4 =68
−9x1 +x2 +3x3 +x4 =21
5x1 −2x2 +x3 −4x4 =−4