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This document contains 13 problems related to systems of equations and matrices. The problems cover topics like finding matrices that satisfy certain properties, writing matrices as sums, determining when matrices commute, properties of triangular matrices, performing row operations, solving systems of equations using Gaussian and Gauss-Jordan elimination, determining the rank of a matrix, and checking for unique or infinite solutions. The document provides multiple examples of setting up and working through problems involving matrices and systems of linear equations.

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This document contains 13 problems related to systems of equations and matrices. The problems cover topics like finding matrices that satisfy certain properties, writing matrices as sums, determining when matrices commute, properties of triangular matrices, performing row operations, solving systems of equations using Gaussian and Gauss-Jordan elimination, determining the rank of a matrix, and checking for unique or infinite solutions. The document provides multiple examples of setting up and working through problems involving matrices and systems of linear equations.

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MA 1002(System of Equations and Matrices)

Tutorial 1

March 21, 2023

1. Find two different 2 × 2 real matrices A and B such that A2 = O, B 2 = O but A 6= O and
B 6= O.

2. Show that every square matrix can be written as a sum of a symmetric and an skew-symmetric
matrix. Further, show that if A and B are symmetric, then AB is symmetric if and only if
AB = BA. Give an example to show that if A and B are symmetric then AB need not be
symmetric.

3. Find conditions on the numbers a, b, c and d such that


 
a b
A=
c d

commutes with every 2 × 2 matrix.

4. Let A and B be two skew-symmetric matrices such that AB = BA. Is the matrix AB symmet-
ric or skew-symmetric?

5. Show that the product of two lower triangular matrices is a lower triangular matrix (same result
for upper triangular).

6. Use elementary row operations to reduce the given matrix to (a) row-echelon form and (b)
reduced
 row
 echelon form.
   
0 0 1   3 5   −2 −4 7
4 3 2 −4 −2 6
0 1 1, , 5 −2, , −3 −6 10 .
2 1 3 1 6 6
1 1 1 2 4 1 2 −3
7. Solve the following systems of equations using Gaussian elimination method as well as Gauss-
Jordan elimination method:
a. x1 + 2x2 − 3x3 = 9, 2x1 − x2 + x3 = 0, 4x1 − x2 + x3 = 4
b. x1 − 3x2 − 2x3 = 0, −x1 + 2x2 + x3 = 0, 2x1 + 4x2 + 6x3 = 0.
c. 2w + 3x − y + 4z = 1, 3w − x + z = 1, 3w − 4x + y − z = 2.
d. −x1 + 3x2 − 2x3 + 4x4 = 0, 2x1 − 6x2 + x3 − 2x4 = −3, x1 − 3x2 + 4x3 − 8x4 = 2.
e. w + x + 2y + z = 1, w − x − y + z = 0, x + y = −1, w + x + z = 2.

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8. For what values of c, k ∈ R, the following system of equations has (i) no solutions, (ii) unique
solution and (iii) infinitely many solutions?

x + 2y − z = 1, 2x + 3y + kz = 3, x + ky + 3z = 2.

x + y + z = 3, x + 2y + cz = 4, 2x + 3y + 2cz = k.
 
i −1 − i 0
9. Let A = 1 −2 1 . Determine the reduced row echelon form of A and then solve
1 2i −1
the system Ax = 0.

10. Show that x = 0 is the only solution of the system of equations Ax = 0 if and only if the rank
of A equals the number of variables.

11. Prove/Disprove: There exist two solutions x1 and x2 of some consistent non-homogeneous
system Ax = b such that x1 + x2 is also a solution of Ax = b.

12. Prove/Disprove: If tow matrices of the same order have same rank then they must be row
equivalent.
 
  0 −1 1 0
1 2 −1 
2 1 0 2
13. Find the inverse of 2 2 4 , 

1 −1 3 0  if it exists using Gauss-Jordan elimina-

1 3 −3
0 1 1 −1
tion process.

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