Matugbs02 (2021)
Matugbs02 (2021)
Unless otherwise stated, notations carry their usual meanings. Candidates should read the following
instructions carefully before answering the questions:
Instructions: Answer any four questions from part A and any four questions from part B.
Part-A
1 2 2
1. (a) If A = 2 1 2 , show that A2 − 4A − 5I3 = O. Hence obtain a matrix B such that
2 2 1
AB = I3 .
1 −2 2
(b) Prove that the matrix A = 31 2 −1 −2 is orthogonal. Utilise this to solve the
2 2 1
following system of equations
x − 2y + 2z = 2
2x − y − 2z = 1
2x + 2y + z = 7.
1
5. (a) Find the cubic roots of 1.
(b) Solve the equation x6 + x5 + x4 + x3 + x2 + x + 1 = 0.
Part-B
7. (a) Find the differential equation of all circles which pass through the origin and whose
centres are on the y-axis.
dy
(b) Solve: dx
= sin(x + y) + cos(x + y).