Enhancement Exercises

Topic 4 : Matrices and System of Linear Equations

TOPIC 4: MATRICES AND SYSTEM OF LINEAR EQUATIONS

1. Find the values of a, b, c and d if

3  a 4 2  5 3  c 2
(a)  
2

4b 4  2  4d 6 4

 1 a  c 3 
(b) 3    2  
 4d 2  b 2 1  b

 2 1 3 0 2 4  4
2. If A   0 4 5 B  5 7 8  C   5 
 6 2 1  3 1 5   6 

Find (if exist)

(a) 2 A  5B (b) AB (c) AC (d) CB

2 0  2 5
3. Given that A    , B  . Find
5 3  3 2
(b)  AB  (c) Show that  AB   BT AT
T T
(a) AB

 2 3 1
4. If A   5 0 1  , find
 
 2 4 3
(a) M12 (b) M 23 (c) M 32

5. Write the cofactor matrix of the following:

 2 3 1  3 3 1
 1 2  
(a) A  (b) B5 0 1 (c) C   2 2 1 
1 5  2 4 3  4 5 2 
 2 4 2 
6. Given that matrix A   2 5 4  , find the determinant using cofactor expansion
 
 4 1 3
by :
(a) first row (b) first column (c) second column

2 4 1
7. Given P   0 5 2  . Show that P  PT .
 
 3 6 3 

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 1 0 2  1 1
 2 1 0

Given A   2 1 0  , B   1 0  and C  

3 0 1
8. .
 1 1 0   2 1 

Find matrix D  A   BC 
T
(a) (b) Show that AD  DA

 1 2 
1 0 1
If P  1 1  and Q  
0 1 0 
9. , find matrix R such that
 

0 1
 0 2 2
R  2  PQ    2 4 3  .
 4 5 3 

3 x 2x 
10. 
Matrix A is given as 0 x 4  and A  75 . Find
0 0 x  10 
(a) the value of x .
(b) the cofactor and the adjoint matrix of A .

1 2 3   2 0 1 
11. Given A  0 4 1 and B   1 3 4 
 2 2 5   6 1 2 
(a) Find AB ,
(b) Show that  AB   BT AT .
T

 1 2 1  1 1
 2 1 0
12. Given the matrices A   0 1 1  , B   1 0  and C  
3 0 1
. Find the
 2 0 0   2 1 

matrix D such that D  A   BC  .

T

 1 3 x 0 x  y
3 0 2 
13. Given the matrices A   
 
, B   1 0  , C   0 1 2  and
2 1 0   0 2  2 3 0 
 7 3 18
D   3 2 2  . If BA  2C  D , find the values of x and y .
 0 8 0 

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 1 y 
 1 0 1   2 3
z 
 
14. Given the matrices A   2 1 0  and B   1 0 1  . If AB  I , where I
 
1 1 1   y
 y x  
 3
is a 3  3 identity matrix, find the values of x , y and z.

Answers:
3 3 1
1. (a) a  2, b   , c  1, d  0 (b) a  2, b  8, c   , d 
2 2 3
 4 8 14   4 0 1   21
2. 
(a) 25 43 50  (b)  35 33 57  (c)  50 
  (d) Undefined
   
 27 1 27   7 1 35  20 
 4 10 4 1
3. (a)   (b)  
1 19 10 19
4. (a) -13 (b) 14 (c) 7
 4 13 20   1 0 2
 5 1
5. (a)  

(b) 5 8 14  (c)  1 2 3 
   
 2 1  3 7 15  1 1 0 
6. A  34
 0 2 3
8. (a)  3 0 2  (b) AD  DA  66
 2 1 1
 2 2 4
9.  4 6 5 
 
 4 3 3
 25 25 30 
10. (a) 5 (b) adj  A    0 15 12 
 0 0 15 
18 3 15 
11. (a)  2 13 14 
 24 11 4 
 0 4 2
12. 1 0 3
 
 3 0 1
13. x  5, y  3
1 3 1
14. x   , y  ,z 
2 2 2

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Topic 4 : Matrices and System of Linear Equations

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