Karnavati University, Gandhinagar

First Semester 2024-2025, (Mathematical Foundations of

Computer Science)
Question Bank (Unit-1)

1. Solve the following simultaneous equations by manipulating their augmented matrix into
reduced row echelon form.  
1 1 3 6
2 1 4 3 
5 2 16 4

Solution: x = 1, y = −1, z = 1

2. Solve the following system of simultaneous equations by manipulating their augmented

matrix into reduced row echelon form.

3x + 5y + 6z = 6
6x + 8y + 4z = 3
3x + 11y + 13z = 17

Solution: x = −1, y = 21 , z = 1
2

3. Solve the following system by reducing the augmented matrix into reduced row echelon
form.

5x + 7y + z = 41
5x − 4y + 6z = 2
7x + 9y − 3z = 1

Solution: x = 2, y = −3, z = 4

4. Solve the following system by manipulating the augmented matrix into reduced row
echelon form.

4x + 2y + 7z = 2
10x + 4y + 5z = 50
4x + 3y + 9z = −2

Solution: x = 4, y = 0, z = −2
5. Solve the following system of equations by manipulating their augmented matrix into
reduced row echelon form.

3x + 2y + z = 14
2x + y + z = 7
x + 2y − z = 7

Solution: x = 1, y = 3, z = 2

6. Solve the following system by reducing the augmented matrix into row echelon form and
show that the solution can be written in terms of a scalar parameter t.

x+y+z =2
x − y + z = −2
3x + 4y + 2z = 6

Solution: x = −t, y = −2t, z = t

7. Solve the following system and express the solution in terms of a scalar parameter t.

2x + y + z = 1
3x + 2y + z = 2
3x + 5y + z = 4

Solution: x = 3t − 5, y = 2t − 1, z = t

8. Solve the following system and express the solution in terms of a scalar parameter t.

2x + y − z = 2
3x − 2y + z = 6
6x + 5y − 9z = 11

Solution: x = −t, y = t + 1, z = t

9. Solve the system and express the solution in terms of t.

3x − 5y − z = 5
2x + 5y − z = 10
3x + 7y − z = 7

Solution: x = 2t + 3, y = 4t + 4, z = t

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10. The matrix C is given as:
 
1 2 1
C = 2 1 1
1 4 2

a) Use the standard method for finding the inverse of a 3 × 3 matrix to determine the
elements of C −1 .
b) Verify the answer of part (a) by obtaining the elements of C −1 using a method
involving elementary row operations.
Solution:
1
 
2
0 1
C −1 = − 32 1 1
− 72 2 3

11. The matrix A is given as:

 
3 2 3 1
2 1 1 0
A=
3

2 4 2
3 2 3 2

Find A−1 using elementary row operations.

Solution:  
2 −2 −1 0
−4 3 3 1
A−1 =
0

0 1 1
1 0 0 1
 
1 2 3
12. Find the inverse of the matrix using elementary row operations A =  4 5 6 
1 3 2
 
4 0 2 1
 2 1 3 4 
13. Find the rank of the matrix by using elementary row operations ;  
 2 3 4 7 
2 3 1 4
14. Test for consistency and solve the system of linear equations

x + 2y + z = 3, 2x + 3y + 3z = 10, 3x − y + 2z = 13

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15. Test for consistency and solve the system of linear equations

3x + 4y + 5z = 18, 2x − y + 8z = 13, 5x − 2y + 7z = 20
 
6 1 3 8
 4 2 6 −1 
16. Reduce the following matrix to row reduced echelon form  10 3 9 7


16 4 12 15
17. Investigate the values of λ and µ such that the system of equations; x + y + z = 6, x +
2y + 3z = 10, x + 2y + λz = µ may have

1. Unique solution
2. Infinite solution
3. No solution

18. Use Gauss-Jordan elimination to solve the system:


 x + 3y + 2z = 2
2x + 7y + 7z = −1
2x + 5y + 2z =


19. Use Gauss-Jordan elimination to solve the system:



 x1 + 3x2 − 2x3 + 4x4 + x5 = 7
2x1 + 6x2 + 5x4 + 2x5 = 5


 4x 1 + 11x2 + 8x3 + 5x5 = 7
x1 + 3x2 + 2x3 + x4 + x5 = −2


20. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix:

(i)  
4 1
A=
2 3
(ii)  
6 −2
A=
2 3
(iii)  
5 4
A=
4 5
(iv)  
2 1
A=
0 3

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 (v)  
3 1
A=
1 3
(vi)  
4 1 0
A = 1 4 0
0 0 3
(vii)  
2 1 0
A = 1 2 1
0 1 2
(viii)  
5 2 0
A = 2 3 1
0 1 4
(ix)  
6 −1 0
A = −1 5 1
0 1 4
(x)  
1 1 0
A = 1 1 1
0 1 1
21. Considering the following systems of linear equations, provide for what values of λ does
the system have:
ˆ A unique solution.
ˆ Infinite solutions.
ˆ No solution.

(i)
x + 2y + 3z = 1
2x + 4y + 6z = 2
λx + 2y + 3z = λ

(ii)
x−y+z =2
2x + λy + 2z = 4
3x + 2y + λz = 6

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(iii)
x + 2y + λz = 4
2x + 4y + 3z = 8
3x + 6y + 5z = 12

(iv)
λx + y + 2z = 5
x + (λ − 1)y + z = 3
x + 2y + (λ + 1)z = 4

(v)
λx + 2y − z = 1
x + (λ + 1)y + z = 2
2x + 3y + (λ − 2)z = 3

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