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The document provides exercises on basic matrix operations including: 1) Determining the order of matrices and finding values that satisfy matrix equations. 2) Computing sums, differences, and scalar multiples of matrices. 3) Simplifying matrix expressions and solving matrix equations. 4) Constructing matrices based on given element patterns. The exercises are accompanied by answers in block form.

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1.1 - Matrices Basic Operations

The document provides exercises on basic matrix operations including: 1) Determining the order of matrices and finding values that satisfy matrix equations. 2) Computing sums, differences, and scalar multiples of matrices. 3) Simplifying matrix expressions and solving matrix equations. 4) Constructing matrices based on given element patterns. The exercises are accompanied by answers in block form.

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MATH461  Linear Algebra 1

Exercises 1.1  Matrices: Basic Operations


Question 1
Determine the order of the following matrices
 
3 2
(a)
1 7

(b) 1 3 8 7
 
−1
 
1 3
(c)  7 9
−1 8

Question
 2   
1 9 y 9
If A = and B = , nd the values of x, y , and z if A = B.
2 −x z 3
Question
 3   
1 −1 2 −1
If A = and B = , nd
2 1 −1 8

(a) A + B
(b) A − B
(c) 2A
(d) 2A − B

Question 4   
x−y y−z z−w x−w y−x z−y
Simplify −
w−x x−y y−z y−x z−y w−z
Question 5
Solve for x, y , and z in the matrix equation
     
x y y z 4 x
4 =2 +2
z −1 −x 1 5 −x

Question
 6  
1 2 5 6
If A = and B = , nd X given A + X = B.
3 4 7 8
Question 7
Find 6A − tB if
2
t2 − 1
  
t 2t − 1 6
A= and B=
4 1/t 3/t t2 + 2t + 1
MATH461  Linear Algebra 2

Question 8  
1 2 3
Which of the following is true for the matrix A = ?
7 −1 0

(a) A is a square matrix.


(b) A is a 3 × 2 matrix.
 
−1 −2 −3
(c) If multiplied by the scalar −1, the product is
−7 1 0
   
3 1 4 −2 1 1
(d) It is the sum of and
7 2 0 0 1 0

Question 9
Construct the 2 × 2 matrix A having elements given by aij = (−1)i+j .
Question 10
Construct the 3 × 3 matrix A having elements given by aij = j/i.
Question 11
Prove that if 0 is a zero matrix having the same order as the matrix A, then
A + 0 = A.

Answers
Q1 (a) 2 × 2 (b) 1 × 5 (c) 3×2
Q2 x =»−3, y =–1, z = 2» – » – » –
3 −2 −1 0 2 −2 0 −1
Q3 (a) (b) (c) (d)
1 9 3 −7 4 2 5 −6
» –
w−y x−z y−w
Q4
w−y x−z y−w
Q5 x = 3,» y = 2,
–z=1
4 4
Q6 X=
4 4
» 3
−t + 6t2 + t
–
6t − 6
Q7
21 −t3 − 2t2 − t + 6/t
Q8 (a) False
» (b) False
– (c) True (d) False
1 −1
Q9 A =
−1 1
2 3
1 2 3
Q10 A = 41/2 1 3/25
1/3 2/3 1

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