Assignment 01
Assignment 01
1. Find the rank of the following matrices using Echelon form and verify the answer using normal form:
1 2 1 3 1 2 3 0 6 1 3 8
(i)
2 2 4 1 , (ii) 2 4 3 2 , (iii)
4 2 6 - 1
5 6 7 5 3 2 1 3 10 3 9 7
6 8 7 5 16 4 12 15
1 -2 3 -1
2. Find the values of a and b so that the rank of 2 1 -1 2 is (i) 3 and (ii) 2.
0 -2 a b
x 1 0 0
1 0 is 3
3. Find the values of x for which the rank of the matrix 0 x
0 0 x 1
6 11 6 1
4. Find the values of for which the following equations fail to have unique solution. Also find the
value of for which these equations possess any solution.
3 x y z 1; 2 x y z 2; x 2 y z 1.
1 2 1
5. Use Gauss Jordan method to find the inverse of A 1 0 2 .Also find the non-singular
1 1 3
matrices P and Q such that PAQ is in normal form for this matrix and hence verify your answer.
6. Discuss the consistency of the following system of equations and hence solve (if consistent) the
system
x yz 6 x1 x2 2 x3 x4 2 x 2y z 3
(i) x y 2 z 5 (ii) 3 x1 2 x2 x4 1 (iii) x 3 y 2 z 5
2
3x y z 8 3x 5 y 5z 2
4 x1 x2 2 x3 2 x4 3
2 x 2 y 3z 7 3x 9 y z 4
7. Solve 2 x – 2y + 4z + 3 w = 9; x – y + 2z + 2w = 6; 2x – 2y +z +2 w = 3; x – y + w = 2.
8. Find the conditions on a, b and c so that the system x y z a; x 2 y 3 z b; 3 x 5 y 7 z c
has a one parameter family of solutions.
9. Find and such that x 2 y z 1; x 2y z ; x 2 y z 1 has (i) no solution,
(ii) unique solution and (iii) infinite number of solutions.
10. Examine the following vectors for linearly dependent or independent and find the relation (if
dependent)
(i)( 2,1,1), (3,4,2), (5,10,8) , (ii) (1, 2 ,1), (1, 0 , 1), (1,1,1)
(iii) (3,0,2,2), (-6,42,24,54), (21,-21,0,-15) (iv)(1, - 1 , 1), (1, 1 , - 1), (-1,1,1 ), (0, 1, 0 )
11. Find the value of α and β so that the equations
2 x 3 y 5 z 9;7 x 3 y 2 z 8;2 x 3 y z have (i) no solution, (ii) a unique
solution, and (iii) an infinite number of solutions.
12. Determine b such that the system of homogeneous equations
2 x y 2 z 0; x y 3 z 0;4 x 3 y bz 0
has (i) Trivial solution, (ii)Non-trivial solution. Also find the non-trivial solution.