MAT101 2024 Tutorial Sheet-1
MAT101 2024 Tutorial Sheet-1
MAT101 2024 Tutorial Sheet-1
Department of Mathematics
MAT 101 Tutorial 1- Rank of a matrix, Solution of linear simultaneous equations.
2 1 −2
1. Find the rank of the matrix A = −1 −1 1 .
3 1 −2
2. Reduce
the following matrices
to row echelonform and hence find their ranks.
0 1 −3 −1 2 0 −1 0
1 0 1 1 4 1 0 5
(i)
3
(ii) .
1 0 2 0 1 3 6
1 1 −2 0 6 1 −2 6
3. Reduce
the following matrices
to column echelon form and hence find their ranks.
1 1 −1 1
−1 1 −3 −3 1 −2 3 4
(i) (ii) −2 4 −1 −3 .
1 0 1 2
−1 2 7 6
1 −1 3 3
1 2 −1 3
4 1 2 1
4. For what value of k the matrix 3 −1 1 2 has rank 3.
1 2 0 k
5. Check if the following system of equations is consistent or inconsistent:
x + y + z = 1, x + 2y + 4z = 3, x + 4y + 10z = 9.
10. Determine the value of λ for which the following set of equations may possess a nontrivial solution:
2x + y + 2z = 0, x + y + 3z = 0, 4x + 3y + λz = 0.
Also, find the solution.
11. Determine the conditions for which the following system
x + y + z = 1,
x + 2y − z = b,
5x + 7y + az = b2
admits (i) unique solution, (ii) no solution, (iii) infinite solutions.