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UNIVERSITY OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, SUNYANI

SCHOOL OF SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
MATH 209: LINEAR ALGEBRA FOR ENGINEERS
LEVEL 200, ASSIGNMENT SET II
BSc.(MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)
May., 2024

   
0 2 4 0 5 2
2 2 T
1. (a) Find 2A − 4B and (B + A ) given that A =  6 5 5  , B =  5 3 4 
   

1 0 −3 −2 4 −2
x1 + 2x2 = 1
(b) Find the value of k for which the system has
2x1 + 4x2 = k
i. exactly one solution
ii. infinite solutions
iii. no solution
 
1 0 2
2. Given the matrix, A =  2 −1 3 , find A−1 , using the Gauss-Jordan method
 

4 1 8
3. Solve the following system of equations
3x − 2y + z = 9
x + 2y − 2z = −5
x + 2y − 4z = −2
using
(a) Gaussian elimination method. [2 Marks]
(b) Gauss-Jordan method.
(c) Cramer’s Rule.
x1 + 2x2 − 3x3 = −2
4. Find the value of k for which the system of equations 3x1 − x2 − 2x3 = 1 is consistent
2x1 + 3x2 − 5x3 = k

x1 + x2 + x3 = 1
5. Find the value of k for which the system of equations 3x1 − x2 − x3 = 4 is inconsistent
x1 + 5x2 + 5x3 = k

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2x1 − 3x2 + x3 = 0
6. Find the value of k for which the system of equations x1 + 2x2 − 3x3 = 0 has non trivial
4x1 − x2 + kx3 = 0
solutions.

7. Use the Gaussian elimination method to find the solution set of the following systems and that
of their associated homogeneous forms.
x1 + 2x2 − x3 = 1
a) 2x1 + 4x2 =2
3x2 − 5x3 = 3
x1 − x 2 + x3 = 1
b) 3x1 + x3 = 3
5x1 − 2x2 + 3x3 = 5
8. Suppose that the augmented matrix corresponding to some linear system Ax = b reduces to
the following:  
1 2 0 0 7 0 0 18
 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 r 
 
 
 0
 0 0 1 −3 0 0 8 

 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 p 


0 0 0 0 0 0 0 k
.
(a) Using your own unknown variables for the given reduced system, identify the basic and
free variables.
(b) What conditions (if any) are there on r, p, k so that
(i) there are no solutions to Ax = b
(ii) there is exactly one solution to Ax = b
(iii) there are infinitely many solutions to Ax = b

9. Consider the matrix  


2 −1 3
A =  −4 2 k 


4 −2 6
(a) If A is the augmented matrix of a system of linear equations, determine the number of
equations and the number of variables.

(b) If A is the augmented matrix of a system of linear equations, find the value(s) of k such
that the system is consistent.
10. If a 7 × 7 matrix A has det(A) = 1/4, compute the following determinants:
(a) det(5A)
(b) det(−3A)
(c) det(A4 )
(d) det(A−1 )

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