MAT 248: Applied Linear Algebra (Homework:3) 17 August 2023

1. Express the following matrix as a product of elementary matrices

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2 3 4
−3 −3 −2
−2 1 −1
2. Let A be a square matrix. Assume A2 is invertible. Prove that A is invertible
as well.
Hint: By definition ∃ C, such that C.A2 = A2 .C = In . Use this to show A
has a left inverse and a right inverse. Then....
3. Anton speaks French and German; Geraldine speaks English, French and
Italian; James speaks English, Italian, and Spanish; Lauren speaks all the
languages the others speak except French; and no one speaks any other
language. Make a matrix A = (aij )1≤i,j≤4 with rows representing the four
people mentioned and columns representing the languages they speak. Put
aij = 1 if person i speaks language j and aij = 0 otherwise. Explain the
significance of the matrices AAT and AT A.
4. Use Gauss-Jordon Algorithm to compute the inverse of the following matrix:
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1 2 3 4
12 22 32 42 
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13 23 33 43 
14 24 34 44
5. Suppose a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h are 8 real numbers satisfying the following
conditions:
ae + bg = 1
cf + dh = 1
af + bh = 0
ce + dg = 0
Prove the following identities also hold:
ae + cf = 1
bg + hd = 1
be + df = 0
ag + ch = 0

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homework?
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2 1 1
6. Find the inverse of the non-singular matrix A = 3 2 1 , by Gauss-Jordan
2 1 2
method.
   
1 2 5 2
7. If A = and B = , find an elementrary matrix F such
1 −3 −5 −3
that AF = B.
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1 −2 −7
8. If possible write the matrix A = −2 5 16  , as a product of elemen-
3 −6 −20
trary matrices.
9. We call the graph of an equation ax2 + bxy + cy 2 + dx + ey + f = 0 a conic
if the numbers a, b, and c are not all zero. Show that there is at least one
conic through any five points in the plane that are not all on a line.
10. In a T20 match, Chennai Super Kings needed just 6 runs to win with 1
ball left to go in the last over. The last ball was bowled and the batsman
at the crease hit it high up. The ball traversed along a path in a vertical
plane and the equation of the path is y = ax2 + bx + c with respect to a xy
-coordinate system in the vertical plane and the ball traversed through the
points (10, 8), (20, 16), (30, 18) , can you conclude that Chennai Super Kings
won the match? Justify your answer. (All distances are measured in metres
and the meeting point of the plane of the path with the farthest boundary
line is (70, 0).)