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is singular?
2. Matrix A has x rows and x + 5 columns. Matrix B has y rows and 11 − y columns. Both
AB and BA exist. Find x and y.
1 −2 3
3. If A = 2 3 −1 , and I is the unit matrix of order 3, evaluate A2 − 3A + 9I.
−3 1 2
3 2 2 3 4 2
4. If A = 1 3 1 , compute adj(A) and A−1 . Also find B such that AB = 1 6 1 .
5 3 4 5 6 4
5. Determine the rank of the following matrices:
1 2 3
(a) 1 4 2
2 6 5
0 1 −3 −1
1 0 1 1
(b) 3 1
0 2
1 1 −2 0
2 3 −1 −1
1 −1 −2 −4
(c)
3 1 3 −2
6 3 0 −7
6. Are the following vectors linearly dependent? If so, find the relation between them:
1
1. The vectors u = (6, 2, 3, 4), v = (0, 5, −3, 1), w = (0, 0, 7, −2) are
(a) dependent
(b) independent
(c) Data is insufficient
(d) None of these
2. Let v1 , v2 , v3 be three non zero vectors in Rn which are linearly dependent, then
(a) k = 8
(b) k = −9
(c) k = −8
(d) k = 9