ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Applied Mathematics I (Math 1041)
Worksheet II 2023/24 AY ts
 −1 2
  3 − 5 7 
1. Let A =  3 0  and B =   . Find
 1 5  1 1 − 3 
 
(a) 2 A − B t , A t + 3B (b) AB , ( AB ) , At B t , B t At
t

x y   x 6   4 x + y
2. (a) Find x, y, z and w if 3   =   +  .
 z − w   − 1 2w   z + w 3 

 2 −1 3
 
(b) Let A =  1 5 0  . If (2 A − 3B) = 6I 3 , then find matrix B.
t

 0 2 4
 

 1 − 1
   3 1
3. Find a matrix D such that A = DB where A =  − 2 3  and B =   .
 1  − 4 2 
 0 

4. Let Find the reduced row echelon form of A

 1 −1
 
A =  2 2  n
 − 1 1  . Then find A for any positive integer n.
5. Let

 2 2 
 1 2 4 
 
6. Let A =  − 1 3 0  . Write A as a sum of symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices.
 − 2 − 4 − 2
 
7.
8. Let A and B be square matrices of order n. Express the following in terms of
det A and det B
a) det( 4 At B 5 ) b) det(adjA)
 1 − 2 − 3  1 0 3 
   
9. Given that  2 1 − 2  A  − 2 1 − 8  = 2I 3 , find det(A).
0 2 0   3 0 7 


10. Find the determinant of the following matrices

1
  abc a 2 ac  1 a a 2  a b c
 3 1  − 1 2  5 − 2       
a)     b)  bc ac c 2  c) 1 b b 2  d)  c a b 
 2 5  0 5  4 − 1   b 2 ab bc  1 c c 2  b c a
     
11. Find the rank of the following matrices
 −1 0 − 1  0

1

 −1 0  2 −3 1   
(a)   (b)   (c)  2 1 2 (d) −1 0
 2 5  − 4 6 − 2 1  2 3
 2 1  
 2

 3 
12. If it exists, find the inverse of the following matrices.
 2 1 − 1 4 − 2 5 
2 4     
(a)   (b) 0 2 1  (c)  1 1 − 2
 6 −1 5 2 3  6 1 −1
   

2 2 t 
 
13. Let A =  0 − t − 3  . Find the set of values of t for which the homogeneous system of
 t 0 − 1
 
linear equations AX = 0 has non trivial solution.
 a 0 b 2
 
14. Let M =  a a 4 4  be the augmented matrix for a linear system. For what values of
0 a 2 b
 
a and b the system will have: a) no solution? b) unique solution? c) infinitely many
solutions?
15. Solve the following system of equations using either Gauss’s Method or Cramer’s Rule,
whenever possible.
4 x + 6 y + z = 2 3x + 3 y + 4 z = 3
3x − 7 y = 2  
(a)  (b) 2 x + y − 4 z = 3 (c) 4 x + 6 z = 2
2 x − 5 y = −1 3x − 2 y + 5 z = 8 8 x + z = 2
 
 x + y + 2 z − w = −2
3x − 9 y = 1 2 x + 3 y + z = 1 
(d)  (e)  (f) 2 x + y − 2 z − 2w = −2
− 2 x + 6 y = −3 x + 4 y − z = 0 3x − 3w = −3

16. Find the characteristic polynomial, eigenvalues and eigenvectors of
 2 0 1
− 2 0  3 4 0 − 2  
a) A =   b) A =   c) B =   d) B =  0 1 0 
 1 − 2 1 3 1 3   − 2 0 − 1
 
17. Find the determinant, adjoint and inverse (if exists) of each of the following matrices

(a) b) c) D)