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Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - K.K. Birla GOA Campus Mathematics-2 Tutorial-1

This document contains 10 practice problems related to solving systems of linear equations using Gaussian elimination and determining the existence of solutions: 1) Use Gaussian elimination to solve two systems of 3 equations with 3 unknowns. 2) Find the quadratic equation that passes through three points. 3) Use Gaussian Jordan elimination to find the complete solution set for a system of 4 equations with 4 unknowns. 4) Prove a homogeneous system has a nontrivial solution if and only if a determinant condition is met.

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Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - K.K. Birla GOA Campus Mathematics-2 Tutorial-1

This document contains 10 practice problems related to solving systems of linear equations using Gaussian elimination and determining the existence of solutions: 1) Use Gaussian elimination to solve two systems of 3 equations with 3 unknowns. 2) Find the quadratic equation that passes through three points. 3) Use Gaussian Jordan elimination to find the complete solution set for a system of 4 equations with 4 unknowns. 4) Prove a homogeneous system has a nontrivial solution if and only if a determinant condition is met.

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BIRLA GOA CAMPUS Mathematics-2 Tutorial1

1. Use the Gaussian elimination method to solve each of the following systems of linear equations: (a) 5x1 2x2 + 2x3 = 14 3x1 + x2 x3 = 8 2x1 + 2x2 x3 = 3 (b) 3x1 2x2 + 4x3 = 54 x1 + x2 2x3 = 20 5x1 4x2 + 8x3 = 83 2. Find the quadratic equation y = ax2 + bx + c that goes through the points (3, 18), (2, 9) and (2, 13). 3. Use the Gauss Jordan method to determine the complete solution set for the given system, and give one particular nontrivial solution. 2x1 3x2 + 2x3 13x4 = 0 4x1 7x2 + 4x3 29x4 = 0 x1 + 2 x2 x3 + 8 x4 = 0 4. Prove that the following homogeneous system has a nontrivial solution if and only if ad bc = 0: ax1 + bx2 = 0 cx1 + dx2 = 0 . 5. Find all values of a for which the resulting linear system has (a) no solution, (b) a unique solution, and (c)innitely many solutions. (i) x+yz =2 x + 2y + z = 3 x + y + (a2 5)z = a (ii) x+y =3 x + (a2 8)y = a

6. Find an equation relating a,b and c so that the linear system: x + 2 y 3z = a 2x + 3 y + 3 z = b 5x + 9y 6z = c is consistent for any values of a,b and c that satisfy that equation. 7. Show that if u and v are solution to the linear system Ax = b, then u v is a solution to the associated homogeneous system Ax = 0. 8. If A is an n n matrix, the homogeneous system Ax = 0 has a nontrivial solution if and only if A is singular. 9. Find all values of a for which the inverse of

1 1 0

A= 1 0 0 1 2 a exists. What is A1 ? 10. For what values of does the homogeneous system ( 1)x + 2y = 0 2x + ( 1)y = 0 have a nontrivial solution?

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