GHANA COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

COURSE NAME:
ALGEBRA
COURSE NUMBER:
MATH 121
MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS

MATRICES

 1 2   10 20 
     3  3 0
1) (a)  3 4  +  30 40  = (b) (1 2)  = (c) (1 2)  =
 5 6   50 60   4  4 1 
   

T
1 2 1 2  1 2   10 20 
       
(d) 3 4 = (e) 5  3 4  (f)  3 4  −  30 40 
5 6 5 6  5 6   50 60 
       

2) Find x and y if the matrices:

1 2 3 1 2 3
(a) 𝐴 = (0 𝑥 + 𝑦 −1) and 𝐵 = (0 0 −1 )
𝑥 −7 2 1 −7 3 + 𝑦
are equal.

1 2 −3 3 −1 2
(b) Given 𝐴 = (5 0 2 ) and 𝐵 = (4 2 5)
3 −1 1 2 0 3

Find the matrices C that satisfy the following condition:

(i) A + C = B
(ii) A + 2C = 3B

3) Find the determinant of the following matrices:

3 2 0 1 1 1
10 9
(a) = (b) 4 3 − 2 (c) a 2
b 2
c2
11 10
8 9 −7 (b + c) 2 (c + a ) 2 ( a + b) 2

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4) Consider the following system of equations.
 x + 2 y + 3z = 5
 3x − y = 18 
(i)  (ii)  3x − y + 2 z = 8
 x + 2 y = −1 4 x − 6 y − 4 z = −2

(a) Form the augmented coefficient matrix for each
(b) Solve the equations using
(i) Determinant Method
(ii) Inverse and determinant Method
(iii) Gaussian Elimination with Back – Substitution Method

5) (a) Use the determinant or the Gaussian Elimination method to solve

the system:
2 x + 3 y + z = −1
3x + 3 y + z = 1
2 x + 4 y + z = −2

(b) Use Crammer’s Rule to solve each of the following systems:

−3𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 4 4𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
(i) { (ii) {
7𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 6 𝑥 − 6𝑦 = 7

3𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 𝑧 = 5 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5
(iii) { 𝑥 − 𝑦 + 3𝑧 = −15 (iv) { 𝑥 + 3𝑧 = 6
2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 7𝑧 = −28 5𝑦 − 𝑧 = 11