DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL STUDIES

GST 05101 FRC, Matrices, and Differentiation
Individual Assignment Submit 26th January, 2024 at 10:00 AM

1. Construct a 3  2 matrix A = ( aij ) with the following entries:

a11 = 1, a21 = 2, a31 = 3, a12 = 4, a22 = 5, a32 = 6

x −3 1 −1
x y  x 6  4 x + y
2. Solve the equations: (a) 3  = + . (b) −7 x+5 −1 = 0
 z w   −1 2w   z + w 3 
−6 6 x−2

 1 −3
3. Compute: ( 2 − 3 4 )  5 0 
 −2 4 
 

 3 5
4. If f ( x) = 2 x − 4 , find f ( A) given A =  
 1 4

 x '   5 2  x 
5. The transformation   =    maps the triangle A(3, 2), B(7, 2), C(3, 8) onto the triangle
 y '  1 4  y 
A ' B ' C ' . Find the coordinates of A ' , B ' , C ' .
1 1 1
6. Compute the inverse of the matrix A =  2 1 − 1
 
3 − 1 − 2

7. Use inverse matrix method to solve the system of linear equations:

1 2 3   x  6
 2 1 1   y  = 5 
    
3 1 − 2  z  1 

8. In a mass-spring-damper system, the acceleration 𝑥̈ m/s2, velocity 𝑥̇ m/s and displacement x m are related
by the following simultaneous equations:
6.2 x + 7.9 x + 12.6 x = 18.0
7.5 x + 4.8 x + 4.8 x = 6.39
13.0 x + 3.5 x -13.0 x = -17.4

By using Gaussian elimination, determine the acceleration, velocity and displacement for the system,
correct to 2 decimal places.

9. Use Cramer’s rule to solve the following linear systems:

 1 2 −2  x   1 
    
 2 5 1  y  =  9 
 1 3 4  z   9 
    