Dire Dawa University

College of Natural & Computational Science

Department of Mathematics
Applied Mathematics I (Math – 1041) Work sheet I (Chapter 1)

1. Let . Then find a. size/order of A b. a13, a22 and a32 c. tr(A)

2. Let . Then

,find
a. The values of x and y if B = C b. BD c. 2A – 5BD
3. Reduce each of the following matrix to row echelon and reduced row echelon form and determine the rank

4. Let is a lower triangular matrix and det(A) = 60. Then, find the values of x and y.

5. Let is a scalar matrix and det(A) = 16. Then, find the values of x and y.

6. Let . Construct a symmetric & skew symmetric matrix using A.

7. . Then, find the values of a, b, c, x, y and z if

a. A is symmetric matrix b. A is skew – symmetric matrix

8. Let . Then find a.

b. c.

9. Let A, B & C be matrices of order 3 with Then find:

a. b. c. d.

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10. Compute a. b. c.

11. Solve for x if a. b.

12. Find the matrix of cofactor, adjoint and inverse of each of the following matrices.

a. b. c. d.

13. Determine the number of solutions for each of the following as (unique so/n, no so/n or many so/n)

a. b. c.

14. Determine the value of all the unknowns k, a and b such that each of the system

a. only one solution

b. infinitely many solutions
c. no solution

15. Solve a. b. c. d.

using Gauss elimination method & Cramer’s rule.