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The document provides a series of exercises involving solving systems of linear equations using elementary row operations and Gaussian elimination. It also involves calculating determinants of matrices. There are 8 problems covering topics like solving parameterized systems of equations for consistency, row reducing matrices, finding values of a parameter for homogeneous systems to have only trivial solutions, and evaluating determinants.

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SEHH1070 Tutorial Exercise 1 PDF

The document provides a series of exercises involving solving systems of linear equations using elementary row operations and Gaussian elimination. It also involves calculating determinants of matrices. There are 8 problems covering topics like solving parameterized systems of equations for consistency, row reducing matrices, finding values of a parameter for homogeneous systems to have only trivial solutions, and evaluating determinants.

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SEHH1070 Tutorial Exercise 1

1. By performing elementary row operations, solve the following system with augmented matrix.

(a) (b) (c)


4 x  3 y  49  8 x  7 y  48  5 x  9 y  14
  
3x  4 y  28 64 x  56 y  384 35 x  63 y  124
2. Solve the linear system by Gaussian-Jordan elimination.

(a) (b)
3x  y  z  2  x  2y  3
 
 x  5 y  2z  6 4 x  8 y  z  10
2 x  3 y  z  0  5 x  10 y  3 z  21
 
(c) (d)
 3x  2 y  z  3  4 x1  3x2  9 x3  x4  1
 
 2x  y  z  0  x1  2 x2  13x3  3x4  3
6 x  2 y  4 z  6  3x  x  8 x  2 x  2
  1 2 3 4

(e)
 x1  x2  x3  6
3x  17 x  x  2 x  2
 1 2 3 4

4
 1 x  17 x2  8 x3  5 x4  2

 5 x2  2 x3  x4  2
3. Consider the linear system
 x1  3x2  2 x3  5 x4  b1

 2 x1  x2  x3  3x4  b2
 x  11x  8 x  21x  b
 1 2 3 4 3

(a) Determine the condition on b1 , b2 and b3 such that the system of linear equation is consistent.
(b) Solve the linear system when b1  b2  b3  1.

4. Use Gaussian-Jordan Elimination to solve


5 x1  2 x2  6 x3  0

2 x1  x2  3x3  0
 x  5 x  15 x  0
 1 2 3

5. Consider the homogeneous system and find the value(s) of a for which the system has only the trivial
solution.
 x1  x2  x3  0

ax1  x2  ax3  0
 a 2 x  x  ax  0
 1 2 3
6. Find the determinant of the following matrices
(a) (b)
 2 3  2 1 1
   
 2 8   2 4 3 
 7 8 6
 
7. Evaluate the following determinants.

(a) (b) (c)


2 2 100 2 0 0 2 0 0
0 3 5 2 3 0 0 3 0
0 0 9 9 7 8 0 0 5
(d) (e) (f)
2 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 0
2 3 1 2 1 5 2 1 0
6 7 6 2 4 6 0 5 0

(g) (h) (i)


1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0
0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1

(j)
4 4 6 2
1 0 5 0
1 0 4 8
2 2 5 0
8. a b c
If d e f  1070
g h i
Evaluate the following determinants.
(a) (b) (c)
a 3b c d e f a b c
2d 6e 2 f a b c d e f
g 3h i g h i g  2a h  2b i  2c

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