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The document contains tutorial questions related to matrices, including operations such as addition, multiplication, and finding inverses. It also covers concepts like minors, cofactors, and adjoints, as well as practical applications involving transportation costs and sales data. Additionally, it includes tasks for creating matrices from sales revenue and manufacturing costs.

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The document contains tutorial questions related to matrices, including operations such as addition, multiplication, and finding inverses. It also covers concepts like minors, cofactors, and adjoints, as well as practical applications involving transportation costs and sales data. Additionally, it includes tasks for creating matrices from sales revenue and manufacturing costs.

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MCMT51112/MMEC51108 - Matrices: Tutorial Questions

1. Given the matrices A, B, C, E and F


       
3 5 2 1 −4 2 3   x
A =  1 3 0 , B =  1 2 4  , C =  −5  E = 1 2 3 , F =  y 
1 4 −1 1 3 3 2 z
Find
(a) 3A − 2B
(b) AB.
(c) BA.
(d) A2 .
(e) AF
(f) 2CE − 4AB.
(g) Explain why product BE doesn’t exist.
(h) Explain why product (AB)E doesn’t exist.
   
1 0 2 −11 2 2
2. Show that A =  2 −1 3  and B =  −4 0 1  are inverses.
4 1 8 6 −1 −1
3. Given the matrices A, B and C
   
  1 −4 2 0 1 2
3 −5
A= , B =  1 2 4  , E =  −1 0 3 
−1 3
1 3 3 −2 −3 0
(a) Find all minors and cofactors of the matrix A.
(b) Find the minor matrix M (matrix of minors) and the cofactor matrix C (matrix of cofactors)
of the matrix A.
(c) Find all minors and cofactors of the matrix B.
(d) Find the minor matrix M (matrix of minors) and the cofactor matrix C (matrix of cofactors)
of the matrix B.
(e) Find the minor matrix M (matrix of minors) and the cofactor matrix C (matrix of cofactors)
of the matrix E.
(f) Find the adjoint of matrix A.
(g) Find the adjoint of matrix B.
(h) Find the adjoint of matrix E.
(i) For each of the following matrices A, B and E, determine whether it is invertible (if the
inverse matrix exists), and if so, then find the inverse matrix.
4.
Definition 1. A matrix A is symmetric if A = AT .
Determine
 whether ornot the 
following matrices

5 −7 1 0 4 −3  
0 0 0
A =  −7 8 2  , B =  −4 0 5 , C = are symmetric.
0 0 0
1 2 −4 3 −5 0

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5. A firm has three factories (F1, F2, F3) and four warehouses (W1, W2, W3, W4). It wants to
find the minimum per unit transport cost from each factory to each warehouse. Given the cost
data in matrix form
W arehouses
W1 W2 W3 W4
F 1 15 17 20 12 .
F actories F 2 21 10 17 19
F 3 10 27 18 16
Find the minimum as well as maximum unit cost for each factory to transport its product to
warehouses.

6. For two different products, the sales quantities for each month are given below:

• Product A: Jan: 120 units, Feb: 150 units, Mar: 110 units, Apr: 130 units, May: 140 units,
Jun: 160 units.
• Product B: Jan: 90 units, Feb: 100 units, Mar: 80 units, Apr: 95 units, May: 110 units,
Jun: 120 units.

Transform this sales data into a matrix.

7. A company operates in three regions - North, South, and West. The quarterly sales revenue (in
million rands) for the past year is given below:

• North: Q1: 20, Q2: 18, Q3: 22, Q4: 25.


• South: Q1: 15, Q2: 20, Q3: 18, Q4: 23.
• West: Q1: 25, Q2: 23, Q3: 20, Q4: 28.

Create a matrix to represent the quarterly sales revenue for each region.

8. The total cost of manufacturing three types of motor vehicles is given as follows

Type of vehicle Labour (hrs) Materials (units) Subcontracted Work (units)

A 40 100 50

B 80 150 80

C 100 250 100

Labour costs R3000 per hour, units of material cost R1500 each and a unit of subcontracted
work costs R4500 per unit. Find the total cost of manufacturing 3000, 2000, and 1000 vehicles
of type A, type B and type C cars respectively using matrices.

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