102000216 - Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus and
ODE
Academic Year 2025-26, Semester – II
Tutorial 1 - Matrices and System of Linear Equations
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Exercise 1. Is 0 1 5 7 in row-echelon form and/or reduced row-echelon form ?
0 0 0 1
0 0
Exercise 2. Is row-echelon and/or reduced row-echelon form ?
0 0
1 3 0 2 0
1 0 2 2 0
Exercise 3. Is the matrix
0 0 0 0 1 in row echelon and/or reduced row-echelon form ?
0 0 0 0 0
1 0 3 1
Exercise 4. Is row-echelon and/or reduced row-echelon form ?
0 1 2 4
Exercise 5. Obtain a row-echelon form of the matrix
1 2 −3 1
−1 0 3 4
0 1 2 −1
2 3 0 −3
Exercise 6. Reduce the following matrix into reduced row-echelon form
1 2 3 −1
−2 −1 −3 −1
1 0 1 1
0 1 1 −1
Exercise 7. Solve the following system by Gauss elimination method:
2x + y − z = 2
x − 3y + z = 1
2x + y − 2z = 6
Exercise 8. Solve the following system by Gauss elimination method:
4x1 − 2x2 + 6x3 = 8
x1 + x2 − 3x3 = −1
15x1 − 3x2 + 9x3 = 21
Exercise 9. Solve the following system by Gauss Jordan method:
4x2 + x3 = 2
2x1 + 6x2 − 2x3 = 3
4x1 + 8x2 − 5x3 = 4
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Exercise 10. Solve the following system by Gauss Jordan elimination method:
6x − 6y + 6z + 12w = 36
2x + y + 2z + w = 6
4x + 3y + 3z − 3w = 1
2x + 2y − z + w = 10
Exercise 11. Solve the system by Gaussian elimination
−2b + 3c = 1
3a + 6b − 3c = −2
6a + 6b + 3c = 5.
Exercise 12. Solve the following system by Gauss elimination method:
x + 2y + z = 0
2x − y + z = 0
3x + y + 2z = 0
Exercise 13. Solve the following homogeneous system of linear equations by Gauss Jordan elim-
ination method:
x1 + x2 + x3 = 0
2x1 + 3x2 + x3 = 0
x1 + 2x2 + 2x3 = 0.
Exercise 14. Solve the following homogeneous system of linear equations by Gauss elimination
method:
v + 3w − 2x = 0
2u + v − 4w + 3x = 0
2u + 3v + 2w − x = 0
−4u − 3v + 5w − 4x = 0
Exercise 15. For which values of a will the following system have no solution ? Exactly one
solution ? Infinitely many solutions ?
x + 2y − 3z = 4
3x − y + 5z = 2
4x + y + (a2 − 14)z = a + 2
Exercise 16. Investigate for what values of λ and µ the equations
x + y + z = 6, x + 2y + 3z = 10, x + 2y + λz = µ
have (i) no solution (ii) a unique solution (iii) an infinite number of solutions.
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Answers
1. only in row-echelon form 2. both 3. no 4. both
1 2 −3 1 1 0 1 1
0 1 2 −1 0 1 1 −1
5. one form: 6.
0 0 1 − 47 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
7. x = − 17 , y = − 127
, z = −4 8. x1 = 1, x2 = 3t − 2, x3 = t 9. x1 = 74 t, x2 = 1
2
− 41 t, x3 = t
10. x = 2, y = 1, z = −1, w = 3 11. Inconsistent
12. x = − 53 t, ; y = − 15 t, ; z = t 13. x1 = 0, x2 = 0, x3 = 0
14. u = 7s − 5t, v = −6s + 4t, w = 2s, x = 2t
15. no solution for a = −4, exactly one solution for a 6= ±4, infinitely many solutions for a = 4
16. (i) λ = 3, k 6= 10 , no solution. (ii) λ 6= 3, unique solution. (iii) λ = 3, k = 10, Infinitely
many solutions
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