202000211 - Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus and
ODE
Academic Year 2024-25, Semester – II
Tutorial 1 - Matrices
1 0 4 6
Exercise 1. Is 0 1 5 7 in row-echelon form or reduced row-echelon form ?
0 0 0 1
0 0
Exercise 2. Is row-echelon 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 or reduced row-echelon form ?
0 0 0 0 0
1 0 3 1
Exercise 4. Is row-echelon 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
1 −1 −1
Exercise 7. Find the rank of the matrix 4 −3 −1 .
3 −1 3
Exercise 8. Find the rank of a matrix
1 −1 2 0
A= 3 1 0 0
−1 2 4 0
Exercise 9. Find the rank of the given matrix
2 2 −1 0 1
−1 −1 2 −3 1
A=
1 1 −2 0 −1
0 0 1 1 1
2
Exercise 10. Determine the rank of the matrix A if
3 4 5 6 7
4 5 6 7 8
A= 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19
Answers
1. only in row-echelon form 2. both 3. no 4. both
1 2 −3 1 1 0 1 1
0 1
6. 0 1 1 −1
2 −1
5. one form: 7
0 0 1 −4 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
7. rank-2 8. rank-3 9 rank-3 10. rank-2
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