Assignment 1 (MA-102)
Assignment 1 (MA-102)
Assignment 1 (MA-102)
2. Find the echelon form of the following matrices using elementary trans-
formaions and hence find the rank.
1 2 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
(i) X = 2 3 4 (ii) Y = 1 2 3 2 (iii) Z = 3 4 5 2
3 5 7 3 1 1 3 2 3 4 0
Ans:
1 2 3 1 2 3 2
(i) X = 0 −1 −2 , Rank = 2 (ii) Y = 0 1 2 1 , Rank = 3
0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1 1 1 1
(iii) Z = 0 −1 −2 1 , Rank = 3
0 0 0 −1
3. Using the concept of rank, show that the following equations are consistent
and hence solve them.
(i) 2x + y + z = 5
x+y+z =4
x − y + 2z = 1
1
(ii) x+y+z =6
x + 2y + 3z = 14
x + 4y + 7z = 30
x − 4y + 7z = 14
3x + 8y − 2z = 13
7x − 8y + 26z = 5
are inconsistent.
5. Find the value of k for which the system of linear equations
x + 2y − 3z = −2
3x − y − 2z = 1
2x + 3y − 5z = k
are consistent.
Ans: k = −3.
6. Find the value of k for which the system of linear equations
x+y+z =7
x + 2y + 3z = 18
y + kz = 6
are inconsistent.
Ans: k = 2.
7. Find the values of a and b for which the equations
x + ay + z = 3
x + 2y + 2z = b
x + 5y + 3z = 9
2
√ √1 √ 1
√ 1
Ans: (i) [2 − 2, 2], [2 + 2, − 2], [2, 0 ]
−1
1 1
1 0 1
(ii) [0, 5], [−1, 2], [2, 0 ]
0 1 −2
3
14. Verify Caley-Hamilton theorem for the matrix
2 1 1
A = 0 1 0
1 1 2
16. Using the concept of rank, check whether the following vectors are linearly
independent: