CSC 210 TUTORIALS 1

1. Write the given sum as a single column matrix

a) 3t

b)

2. Find for X =

3. If A = then find (a) , (b)

4. Find the integral if

5. Give an example of a matrix that is invertible but has a left inverse and that which has a right
inverse. What about a non invertible matrix that has both left and right inverse??

6. Find an elementary matrix E such that EA is the matrix that results by adding 4 times the first row of

A to the third. A =

7. Find the determinant of the matrices A = . B= are they singular? Can

you find a general way (as seen in class for a 3 x 3 matrix) for a matrix of order ≥4? Try it.
8. Compute the determinant of elementary matrices below and verify that det EA = (det E) . (det A),
where E is the elementary matrix A =

, , ,

9. Let . Find 5A. Is det 5A = 5 det A?

10. Let A and B be 3 x 3 matrices, with det A = 4 and det B = -3. Use properties of determinant to
compute a) det AB b) det 7A c) det BT d) det AT e) det ATA
11. Show that

a)

1
 b)

c)

d)

Reduce the following matrices to echelon form and then find their determinants

a)

12. Find the inverses of the following matrices if they exist using all he methods seen in class.

, C= , D= .

F=

a)
13. Find the third column of A-1 without computing the other columns

A= B= .

14. Find an elementary matrix E that satisfies the equation a) EA =B b) EB = A c) EA=C d) EC = A

where A = , B= , C= .

15. Consider the matrix A = .

a) Find an elementary matrices E1 and E2 such that E2E1A = I

b) Write A-1 as a product of two elementary matrices.
c) write A as a product of two elementary matrices

16. Express A-1 and A as product of elementary matrices. a) A = b) A = .

17. Factor the matrix A = as A = EFGR where E, F, G are elementary matrices and R

is in row echelon form.