Tutorial Sheet – 1, 2023

MA-102 :: Mathematics – II
[ Unit – I : Linear Algebra ]

1. Let = (1, −2, 3), = (3, −7, 10), and = (2, 1, 9). Examine if is a linear
combination of , , , where = (4, 9, 19).

2. Let = (1, −2, 1, 3), = (1, 2, −1, 1), and = (2, 3, 1, −1). Examine if w is a
linear combination of , , , where = (3, 0, 5, −1).

3. Let = (1, −1, 0), = (0, 1, −1), = (0, 0, 1) be elements of 3. Show that the
set of vectors { , , } is linearly independent.

4. Let = (1, −1, 0), = (0, 1, −1), = (0, 2, 1), = (1, 0, 3) be elements of 3.

Show that the set of vectors { , , , } is linearly dependent.

5. Examine whether the following set of vectors is linearly independent.

a) {(3, −2,0,4), (5,0,0,1), (−6,1,0,1), (2,0,0,3)}
b) {(3, 4, 7), (2, 0, 3), (8, 2, 3), (5, 5, 6)}
c) { (1, 1, 0), (1, 0, 0), (1, 1, 1)}

6. Reduce the following matrices to Echelon form and hence find their ranks:

1 3 5 7 −1 0 5
(a) A   2  1 4
 (b) = 0 1/2 1 1/3
3 −1 1/4 4
 2 8 2
5 −3 1 11

7. Find the rank and nullity of the following matrices:

8 0 4 2 −2 0 6
8 2 5  0 2 0 4 2 0 2
(a) A  16 6 29  (b) A   (c) =
4 0 2 1 −1 0 3
 4 0  7  
0 4 0 1 −2 1 2

8. Find all real λ & m for which the rank of the matrix P is 2,
1 2 3 1  1 1 1 1  1 1 1 6

(a) P  2 5 3 l  (b) P  1 2  1 l  (c) = 1 3 10
2
1 1 6 l  1 5 7 1 l2  1 2 m

9. Show that the system of equations

1  1 1   x  4
2 1  3  y   0
    
1 1 1   z  2
has a unique solution and find the solution.

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10. Prove that the system of equations:
2 + 5 + 6 = 13 , 3 + −4 =0, − 3 − 8 = −10
has infinite number of solutions and find the solutions.

11. Show that the system of equations:

2 +6 +1= 0, 6 + 20 − 6 − 3 = 0 , 6 − 18 + 1 = 0
is inconsistent( i.e., has no solution).

12. Find the condition to be satisfied by a, b, c for which the system of equations:
+3 +4 = , −4 + 2 − 6 = , −3 − 2 − 7 =
is consistent.

13. Find the value of q for which the system of equations,

2(sin q ) + − 2 = 0 , 3 + 2(cos 2q ) +3 = 0, 5 +3 − = 0
has a non-trivial solution.

14. Show that the only real value of l for which the following system of equations has a
non-zero solution is 6:

+2 +3 =l
3 + +2 =l
2 +3 + =l

15. Solve the following system of equations by using Gaussian-Elimination Method:

(a) 3.0 + 6.2 = 0.2 (b) +2 − =3
2.1 + 8.5 = 4.3 + + =2
2 + 3 = 5.
−2 =1
(c) 3 +2 +2 −5 =8
0.6 + 1.5 + 1.5 − 5.4 = 2.7
1.2 − 0.3 − 0.3 + 2.4 = 2.1

16. Solve the following system of equations by using Gauss-Jordan Method:

(a) + + =9 (b) +2 +3 =9
2 − 3 + 4 = 13 2 − + =8
3 + 4 + 5 = 40 3 − =3

17. Determine the inverse of the following matrices by Gauss-Jordan Method:

1 2 5  1 0 0 1 2  9
(a) A= 0  1 2  (b) A= 2 1 0  2  4 19 
(c) A=  
2 4 11 5 4 1  0  1 2 

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18. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the following matrices:
−1 −1 0 1 1 1
5  2 
(a) A=   (b) A = (c) = 4 3 0 (d) = 0 1 1
9  6 −
1 0 2 0 0 1
19. Verify Cayley-Hamilton theorem for the following matrix and hence find its inverse ,if
it exists:
3 −1 4 1 −1 2
1 2
(a) A=   (b) = 0 2 1 (c) = 2 −2 4
2 1 1 −1 −2 3 −3 6
20. Find the inverse of matrix A using Cayley-Hamilton’s theorem:
3 2 4  0 1 0 0
7 2  2  
(a) A= 
5 3
(b) A= 4 3 2  (c) A=  6  1 2 
(d) A= 0 0 1 0
     0 0 0 1
3 2   6 2  1
2 4 3  
1 0 0 0
21. Let = .
 Prove that A and similar matrix have the same eigenvalues.
 Also prove that if x is an eigenvector of A, then = is an eigenvector of .
Here A, P are the following matrices:
 4 0 0 4 0 6 
3 4  5 2
(a) A   , P  (b) A  12  2 0 , P  0 2 0 
 4  3 2 1 21  6 1 6 0 10

22. Diagonalize following matrices by using Similar Transformations, and then find :
1 0 1 −2 1 0
3 2
(a) A    (b) A  0 3 2 (c) = −4 3 0
2 6 0 0 2 1 0 3

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