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Quantitative Methods Exercise for Economists

This document contains 6 quantitative methods exercises for economists. The exercises involve performing arithmetic operations on matrices such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication. They also involve properties of matrices like transposition and whether certain operations are solvable.

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Quantitative Methods Exercise for Economists

This document contains 6 quantitative methods exercises for economists. The exercises involve performing arithmetic operations on matrices such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication. They also involve properties of matrices like transposition and whether certain operations are solvable.

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SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
BSc/ BA Economics
QUANTIATIVE METHODS FOR ECONOMISTS

EXERCISE 1

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14 15 7
3 1 2
1. Given A =
and B =

, find
2 9 11
11 9 1
(a) A + B ,
(b) A B ,
(c) B B .
4 3
1 1
2. Given A =
and
B
=

0 1 , find
2 3

(a) A B ,

(b) ( A B )
Has the matrix ( A B ) a special name?
1 3
2 1
3. Given A =
, B=

, = 2 and = 3 , show that


2
4
3
4

(a) AB BA ,

(b) ( + )A = A + A .

0 0
1 2 3
4. Given A =
and O = 0 0 , find

2 1 2
0 0
(a) AO , (b) OA .
1 7
1 7 4
5. Given A =
and B =

, see if the following are solvable


3 2
3 5 1
(a) A + B ,
(b) B A ,
(c) AB ,
(d) AB .

x
1 2
6. Given A =
and x = 1 ,

2 2
x2
(a) What type of matrix is A ?
(b) Write out x Ax and evaluate.
(c) Show that ( x A)x = x ( Ax )
(d) Show that x Ax = x Ax .

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