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KUE Mathematics Work Sheet (10%)

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1. Which of the following is a row reduced echelon form of the matrix (2 1 3)?
4 −1 4
1 0 0
A. (0 1 0)
0 0 0
1 0 0
B. (0 1 0)
0 0 1

1 0 0
C. (0 0 1)
0 0 0
1 0 1
D. (0 1 3)
0 0 1
2 0 0
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2. Let A and B be 3×3 matrices such that A= (1 5 01 ) and|𝐵| = 10. Which of the
0 −1 2
𝑇
following is equal to |2𝐴𝐵 |
A. 1 B. 4 C. 100 D.400
𝛼 2 𝛽 𝑥 −5
3. If ( 2 1 3 ) (𝑦) = ( 5 ) and the determinant of the coefficient matrix is -5, then the
−1 0 1 𝑧 0
value of x is equal to:
A. 3 B. 𝛼 + 𝛽 C. −5𝛼 D. 5
𝑥 + 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 1
4. What is the solution set of the following system of equation { 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 2 ?
−2𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 4𝑧 = −2
A. {(0, 1, 0)} C. {(−3𝑘, 𝑘 + 1, 𝑘)\𝑘 ∈ (−∞, ∞)}
B. (−∞, ∞) D. {(3𝑘, 𝑘 − 1, 𝑘)\𝑘 ∈ (−∞, ∞)}
1 2
5. Suppose A= ( ). If X is 2×2 matrix such that 𝐴𝑋 − 𝐴𝑇 = 2𝐴, then what is the value of
2 3
X?
3 1 3 3 3 6 3 0
A. ( ) B. ( ) C. ( ) D. ( )
1 3 3 3 6 9 0 3
6. Suppose that A and B are 3×3 matrices, 𝐼 is identity matrix of order 3 such that 𝐴𝐵 = 2𝐼. If
|𝐵| = 6, what is det (AT)?
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A. 3 B.3 C. 12 D. 48
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𝛼𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 1
7. Consider the system{𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 0. If the determinant of the coefficient matrix is 2, then
5𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0
what is the solution of the system of the equations?
19𝛼 −11𝛼 19 −11 3 −19 11 3 19 −9
A. (3𝛼, 2 , 2 ) B.(3, 2 , 2 ) C. (𝛼 , 2 , 2 ) D. (2 , 2 , 2 )
2 0 −1
8. Let 𝐴 = (1 2 0 ) and(2𝐴 + 𝐵)𝑇 = 𝐴𝑇 𝐴, then which of the following is equal to the
0 0 −1
value of B?
1 0 −2 8 0 −4
A. (2 0 0 ) C.(4 8 0 )
0 0 4 0 0 −4
0 0 0 1 2 0
𝐵. (0 0 0) D.( 0 0 0)
0 0 0 −2 0 4
0 1 2
9. If 𝑀 = (3 −1 0) and 𝐴𝑇 𝑀 = 2𝐼, where A is 3×3 matrix and I is identity matrix of
5 2 4
order 3, then what is the value of det(A)?
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A. 0.2 B. 17 C. 0.8 D. 17
10. Suppose 𝐴𝑋 = 𝑏, where A is a 3×3 matrix, 𝑏 = (b1, b2, b3)𝑇 and 𝑋 = (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧)𝑇 . Which of
the following is necessarily true?
A. The system has a solution only when det(A)≠ 0.
B. The Cramer’s is suitable to solve the system if two rows of A are identical.
C. If det(A)≠ 0 and the second column of A is multiple of b, then x= 0.
D. If b= 0, then X= (0, 0, 0)𝑇 is the only solution of the system.
𝑎 𝑥 𝑝 𝑎 𝑥 2𝑎
11. If |𝑏 𝑦 𝑞 | = 2, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 |𝑏 𝑦 2𝑏| = _______?
𝑐 𝑧 𝑟 𝑐 𝑧 2𝑐
A.2 B.4 C.0 D.16

0 𝑥 0 1 1 1
1 −1 1 −1
12. If 𝐴 = ( ) and𝐴 = (3 0 0 ), then what are the values of x and y?
0 𝑦 −1 2 0 −1
A. 𝑥 = 3, 𝑦 = −2 C. 𝑥 = −3, 𝑦 = 2
2 1 1 2
B. 𝑥 = 3 , 𝑦 = 3 D. 𝑥 = 3 , 𝑦 = 3
3 −2 8
13. If 𝐴 = (0 6 7) , then det(𝐴𝑇 𝐴) is equal to……………………………………
0 4 5
A. 12 B. 36 C. 30 D. 15
2 7 1 1
14. If 𝐴 = ( ) and 𝐵 −1 = ( ), then (𝐴𝐵)−1 is equal to:
1 3 0 2
4 −3 −2 5 −3 11 4 0
A. ( ) B. ( ) C. ( ) D.( )
4 −5 2 −4 1 −3 0 4
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0 𝛼 𝛽 6 𝑥
15. Let A= (2 2 1 ) , 𝑏 = (0), and X= (𝑦). If det(A)=3, then what is the solution set of
3 1 2 0 𝑧
the system 𝑨𝑿 = 𝑏?
1 1 𝑇
A. {(6, −2, −8)𝑇 } B. {(0, 𝛼 , 𝛽) } C. {(−3, 1, 4)𝑇 } D. Ø

16. For any n×n square matrix A, which one of the following is true?
A. det(A)= −det(𝐴𝑇 ), where 𝐴𝑇 is the transpose of A.
B. If k is scalar, then det(kA)= 𝑘 𝑛 det(𝐴).
C. If B is a matrix obtained from A by interchanging of two rows of A, det(B)=det(A).
D. If A is invertible, then det(A)=det(𝐴−1 ).
𝑥 − 3𝑦 − 2𝑧 = 6
17. The solution of the system of linear equation of { 2𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 3𝑧 = 8 is:
−3𝑥 + 6𝑦 + 8𝑧 = −5
A. {(−1, −3, −2)} C. {(1, −3, 2)}
B. {(−1, −3, 2)} D. {(1, 3, −2)}
1 3 2
18. If 𝐴 = (𝑎𝑖𝑗 )3×3 is a square matrix with 𝐴−1 = (1 1 3), then what is the cofactor of 𝑎23 ?
0 4 5
3 2 2 3
A. − 14 B. − 7 C. 7 D. − 7
𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧=6
19. What are the values of 𝛾 and 𝜇 so that the system {𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 10, has infinitely many
𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝛾𝑧 = 𝜇
solutions?
A. 𝛾 ≠ 3 and 𝜇 ∈ ℜ C. 𝛾 = 3 and 𝜇 =10
B. 𝛾 = 3 and 𝜇 ≠ 10 D. 𝛾 ∈ ℜ and 𝜇 =10
20. A salesman sold items x1, x2 and x3 , with different rates of commissions as shown in the
table below.
Month Sales of units Total commission(in Birr)
x1 x2 x3
February 90 100 20 800
March 130 50 40 900
April 60 100 30 850
What are the rates of commission on items x1, x2 and x3, respectively.
A. 4, 2 and 11 C. 4, 11 and 2
B. 2, 4 and 11 D. 11, 2 and 11
21. If A is a square matrix of order 3 and det(A)= 5, then what is the value of det(A.adj(A))?
A. 3 B. 5 C. 125 D. 25
22. Let A be a 3×3 invertible matrix and B be any 3×3 matrix. If |𝐴| = 𝑎 and, |𝐵| = 𝑏, then
which of the following is not true?
A. |𝐴𝑇 𝐴| = 𝑎2 C. |𝐴−1 𝐵| = 𝑎𝑏
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B. |𝑘𝐴| = 𝑘 |𝐴|, for any k∈ ℝ D. if b =0, then B is not invertible
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23. Let A be a 3×3 matrix and |𝐴| = −2. Then what is the value of |𝑎𝑑𝑗(𝐴)|?
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A. −8 B.−2 C. − 2 D. 4
−𝑑 𝑏
24. If A=( ) and |𝐴| ≠ 0,then 𝐴−1 =______?
−𝑐 𝑎
−𝑑 𝑏 𝑎 −𝑏 −𝑎 𝑏 𝑑 −𝑐
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
−𝑐 𝑎 𝑐 −𝑑
A. |𝐴|
B. |𝐴|
C. −𝑐|𝐴| 𝑑 D. 𝑏 −𝑎
|𝐴|

−1 1 2 −𝑥 3 2
25. If | 3 2 𝑥 | = | 2 2 3 | , then what is the value of x?
2 4 1 1 −1 −2
1 2 2 2
A. B.− 5 C. D. − 3
5 3

2𝑥 𝑥 −1 3 2
26. If 2( ) =( ), then what is the value of x?
−5 −3 −5 −4
1 1
A. −2 B. 2 C. 2 D.− 2
3 0 0
27. Let A be a 3×3 matrix such that 𝐴. (𝐴𝑑𝑗 𝐴) = (0 3 0),Then show that:
0 0 3
I. |2𝐴| = 24
1
II. |(𝐴𝑑𝑗 𝐴)−1 | =
9
28. Show that The area of a triangle with vertices 𝐴(𝑥1 , 𝑦1 ), 𝐵(𝑥2 , 𝑦2 ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶(𝑥3 , 𝑦3 ) in the 𝑥𝑦 plane is
given by:

𝑥1 𝑦1 1
1
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎(∆𝐴𝐵𝐶) = 2 |𝑥2 𝑦2 1| (Provided the right side expression is in absolute value)
𝑥3 𝑦3 1