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Mid-Semester Test College of Engineering SEMESTER 1, 2016/2017

This document is a mid-semester test paper for a Linear Algebra course consisting of 3 questions. It provides instructions to candidates regarding the duration and number of questions. The questions involve solving systems of linear equations, matrix operations including inversion and determinants, and properties of directed graphs such as connections and powers.

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Mid-Semester Test College of Engineering SEMESTER 1, 2016/2017

This document is a mid-semester test paper for a Linear Algebra course consisting of 3 questions. It provides instructions to candidates regarding the duration and number of questions. The questions involve solving systems of linear equations, matrix operations including inversion and determinants, and properties of directed graphs such as connections and powers.

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LECTURER: Dr. Goh Su Mei 2

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MID-SEMESTER TEST
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
SEMESTER 1, 2016/2017

PROGRAM : BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING


SUBJECT : LINEAR ALGEBRA
SUBJECT CODE : MATB 253
DATE : 22nd JULY 2016
TIME : 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES

Instructions to candidates:
1. This paper contains THREE (3) questions.
2. You are required to answer ALL questions.
3. Your answers must be written in the empty spaces provided. (Double-sided pages)

DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 8 PRINTED PAGES INCLUDING THIS PAGE.

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NAME:..I.D.NO:

SECTION:. LECTURER

QUESTION 1 [14 marks]


MATB 253, Mid-Semester Test, Semester 1, 2016/2017

(a) Solve the linear system by Gauss-Jordan elimination.


2 x1 2 x2 2 x3 4
2 x1 5 x2 2 x3 1
8 x1 x2 4 x3 11

[8 marks]

2 6 8 2 6 8
(b) Consider matrices A 0 5 3 and B 6 23 21 .


0 5 25 0 1 5
Find [E1T E 2 -1 ] such that E2E1 A = B
[6 marks]

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QUESTION 2 [15 marks]


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2 k 2
(a) Find the values of k such that matrix A 1 2 4 is invertible.

0 k 2
[2 marks]

3 6 1
(b) Consider the given matrix B 5 2 4 .

0 4 3

(i) Find det(B) using cofactor expansion. [2 marks]

(ii) Find adj(B). [3 marks]

(iii) Find B1 . [2 marks]

(c) Use Cramers Rule to solve the following system of equations:

3x 6 y z 1

5 x 2 y 4 z 2
4 y 3z 0

[6 marks]

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QUESTION 3 [ 11 marks]

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0 1 0 1
0 0 1 1
Let M be the vertex matrix of a directed graph D.
1 0 0 0

0 0 1 0

(a) Draw the directed graph D [3 marks]


(b) Find the number of 3-step connections from P1 to P1 using matrix multiplication
[4 marks]
(c) Find the power of P3 and P4. [4 marks]

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