202000211 - Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus and
ODE
Academic Year 2024-25, Semester – II
Assignment 1 - Matrices
Exe-1. Check whether the following matrices are in row echelon form, reduced row echelon form,
both of them or neither of them:
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 −4 0 1 2 5
(a) 0 1 0 (b) 0 1 0 (c) 0 0 1 (d) 0 0 0 (e) 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1 5 −2 2 1 5 0 0
0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
(f)
(g)
(h)
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 1 0 −3 0 0 0 0
Exe-2. Which of the following matrices are elementary matrices?
0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
1 0 0 5
(a) √ (b) (c) 0 1 1 (d) 0 1 0 (e) 0 0 1
2 0 1 0
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Exe-3. Reduce the following matrices into row echelon form, determine its rank. Also find its
reduced row echelon form.
1 3 −2 2
3 −1 −1 2 1 6 1 −2 −1 3 2 −6 4 0
A =1 1 2 , B =1 2 0, C =2 −4 1 0 , D =
−2 0
1 6
5 1 3 0 1 1 1 −2 2 −3
0 3 6 −9
Exe-4. Solve the system of linear equations using the Gauss Elimination Method.
(i) x1 + 3x2 − x3 = 0 (ii) 2x1 + x2 + 3x3 = 0 (iii) 4y + z = 2 (iv) x + y − 3z = 4
x2 − 8x3 = 0 x1 + 2x2 =0 2x + 6y − 2z = 3 2x + y − z = 2
4x3 = 0 x 2 + x3 = 0 4x + 8y − 5z = 4 3x + 2y − 4z = 7
Exe-5. Solve the system of linear equations using the Gauss-Jordan method.
(i) − x1 − x2 + 2x3 − 3x4 + x5 = 0 (ii) x1 − 2x2 + 3x3 = −2 (iii) 2x + 4y − 6z = 38
x1 + x2 − 2x3 − x5 = 0 x1 + x2 − 2x3 = 3 x + 2y + 3z = 7
x3 + x4 + x5 = 0 2x1 − x2 + 3x3 = −7 3x − 4y + 4z = −19
1 3 4 3 2 1 2 1 2
Exe-6. Solve the equation − + + = 30, + − = 9, − + = 10 for x, y, z.
x y z x y z x y z
Exe-7. For which value of λ and k the following system has (i) no solution (ii) unique solution
(iii) infinitely many solutions.
x + y + z = 6, x + 2y + 3z = 10, x + 2y + λz = k.
2
Exe-8. Find the values of k for which the system of equations,
x + y + z = 2, 2x + y − z = 3, 3x + 2y + kz = 4
has unique solution.
Exe-9. Find inverse of the following matrices by Gauss–Jordan elimination method.
2 3 4 3 2 6 1 2 1
(i) A = 4 3
1 (ii) B = 1 1 2 (iii) C = 0 1 1
1 2 4 2 2 5 2 5 4
Exe-10. Using inversion method solve the system of linear equations:
x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 = 5, 2x1 + 5x2 + 3x3 = 3, x1 + 8x3 = 17.
Answers
1. Row echelon form: (c), (e)
Reduced Row echelon form: (a), (g)
Both: (a), (g), (h)
Neither of them: (b), (d), (f)
2. Only (d)
1 0 1/4 1 0 0
3. A =0 1 7/4, Rank(A) = 2, B =0 1 0, Rank(B) = 3,
0 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 0
1 −2 0 1 0 1 0 0
C =0 0 1 −2, Rank(C) = 2, D = 0 0
, Rank(D) = 4.
1 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1
4. (i) x1 = 0, x2 = 0, x3 = 0.
(ii) x1 = 0, x2 = 0, x3 = 0.
(iii) (x, y, z) = { 47 t, 12 − 14 t, t /t ∈ R}, Infinitely many solutions.
(iv) No Solution
5. (i) (x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 , x5 ) = {(−r − t, r, −t, 0, t)/r, t ∈ R}, Infinitely many solutions.
(ii) x1 = 0, x2 = −5, x3 = −4
(iii) x = 3, y = 5, z = −2.
1 1 1
6. x = , y = , z = .
2 4 5
7. (i) λ = 3, k 6= 10 , no solution.
(ii) λ 6= 3, unique solution.
(iii) λ = 3, k = 10, Infinitely many solutions.
8. k 6= 0.
−2 45 9
5
1 2 −2 −1 −3 1
9. (i) A−1 = 3 − 54 − 14
5
, (ii) B−1 =−1 3 0 , (iii) C−1 = 2 2 −1.
1 6
−1 5 5
0 −2 1 −2 −1 1
3
−40 16 9 x1 1
−1
10. A = 13 −5 −3 , x2 = −1.
5 −2 −1 x3 2
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