Department of Applied Mathematics
Gautam Buddha University
MA111 (Applied Mathematics-I)
Tutorial Sheet 01
Q.1 “Discuss the elementary transformations (operations) on a matrix.”
Q.2 Find the inverse of the following matrices by using elementary
row operations:
0 1 2 2
1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 3
1 1 2 3
(i).1 2 3 (ii). 2 7 (iii).2 4 5 (iv). .
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2 2 2 3
1 3 4 −2 −4 −5 3 5 6
2 3 3 3
Q.3 Using Elementary Row operations( Reduced row Echelon form), determine the rank
of the following matrices:
2 −1 3 4 3 −2 0 −1
5 3 14 4 1 2 3
0 3 4 1 0 2 2 1
(i). 0 1 2 1 (ii). 2 7 (iii). (iv). .
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2 3 7 5 1 −2 −3 2
1 −1 2 0 −2 −4 −5
2 5 11 6 0 1 2 1
Q.4 Using Normal Form, determine therank of the following matrices:
1 −1 2 −3 2 −2 0 6 0 1 −3 −1
1 3 4 5
4 1 0 2 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 1
(i).1 2 6 7 (ii). (iii). (iv). .
0 3 0 4 1 −1 0 3 3 1 0 2
1 5 0 1
0 1 0 2 1 −2 1 2 1 1 −2 0
2 4 2
Q.5 (i) Under what condition the rank of the following matrix is 3 : 2 1 2 .
1 0 x
1 5 4
(ii) For what value of “b” the rank of the matrix: 0 3 2 is 2?
b 13 10
Q.6 Find the solutions of following system of linear homogeneous equations
x + 2y + 3z = 0, 3x + 4y + 4z = 0, 7x + 10y + 12z = 0.
Q.7 Show that only real value of λ for which the following equations have non-zero
solutions is 6: x + 2y + 3z = λx , 3x + y + 2z = λy, 2x + 3y + z = λz.
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Q.8 Find all the solutions of following system of linear homogeneous equations
x + 2y + z − w = 0, x + y − 2z + 3w = 0, 4x + y + 5z + 8w = 0, 5x − 7y + 2z − w = 0.
Q.9 Find the solutions of following system of linear homogeneous equations
2x − y + z = 4, 3x − y + z = 6, 4x − y + 2z = 7, −x + y − z = 9.
Q.10 Find the values of λ and µ for which the system of equations
x + 2y + z = 6, x + 4y + 3z = 10, x + 4y + λz = µ.
Has (i) a unique solution (ii) infinite no. of solutions (iii) no solution.
Q.11 For what values of η the equations x+y +z = 1, x+2y +4z = η, x+4y +10z = η 2 .
have a solution and Solve them completely in each case.
Q.12 “Determine whether the given sets of vectors is linearly dependent or linearly
independent.”
(i) {(1, 2, 1), (3, 1, 5), (3, −4, 7)}.
(ii){(1, 1, 2, 4), (2, −1, −5, 2), (1, −1, −4, 0), (2, 1, 1, 6)}.
(iii){(1, 1, −1), (2, −3, 5), (−2, 1, 4)}.
(iv) {(1, 1, 0, 0), (0, 1, −1, 0), (1, −1, 0, 3)}.
Q.13 Prove that the vectors (2, i, −i), (2i, −1, 1), (1, 2, 3) are linealy independent in V3 (R)
but linealy dependent in V3 (C).
Q.14 Under what conditions on the scalar ‘a are the vectors (a, 1, 0), (1, a, 1), (0, 1, a) in
R3 are linealy dependent.