Question Bank (M101-Matrix)

2 3
4 1
and B   3 0  . Find (A+B), (A-Bt), AB, BA, if possible. Also show that (AB)t=Bt At .
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Let A  
1 
1.
3 7
 1 5 
 2  3 5 
2. Show that the matrix  1 4 5  is an idempotent matrix. (Defn: a matrix A is called idempotent if A2 =A)
 1 3 4 

 1 1 1 
3. Show that the matrix  3 3 3  is a nilpotent matrix. (Defn: a matrix A is called nilpotent if A2 =0)
 4 4 4 

1 1 a 1 
4. If A    , B  and ( A  B)  A  B , then find the values of a and b.
2 2 2

 2 1  b 1
5. If A and B are square matrices of same order and ( A  B)2  A2  B2  2 AB , then show that AB  BA .
 cos   sin   cos n  sin n 
If A( )    , then show that A( ).A( )  A(   ) . Hence show that An ( )  
cos n 
6. .
 sin  cos    sin n
1 2 3 
7. For the matrix A  1 3 5  , compute adjoint of A. Verify that A.adj(A)=adj(A).A= A .I
1 5 12 

 1 1 1 
8. If A   2 1 0  , then find A2 and show that A2  A1 .
 1 0 0 

 2 1   3 2  1 0 
9. Find A if   A  .
 3 2   5 3   0 1 
3 2 1 
10. Compute the adjoint and the inverse of the matrix A  1 1 1  and hence solve the system of linear equations
5 1 1
3 x  2 y  z  2 , x  y  z  2 , 5 x  y  z  4 .
2 2 0
11. Find the matrix A , where adj (A)   2 5 1  and A  2
 0 1 1 

1 2 1  2 1 1 
12. If A  1 4 1  and B   1 1 0  , show that AB  6I . Hence solve the system of equations 2 x  y  z  5 ,
3 0 3  2 1 1
x  y  0 , 2x  y  z  1.
 2 0 1
13. Find the value of t for which the matrix  5 t 3 is singular.
 0 3 1
14. Prove that (AB)-1=B-1A-1.
15. Prove that (At)-1=(A-1)t
16. If the matrix A satisfies a relation A2  A  I  0 , prove that A1 exists and A1  A  I , where I being an identity matrix.
17. Prove that every square matrix can be expressed as the sum of a symmetric matrix and a skew symmetric matrix.
 Question Bank (M101-Matrix)

1 2 3 
18. Show that the square matrix A  3 4 5  can be expressed as the sum of a symmetric and skew-symmetric matrix.
5 6 7 
19. Show that if the inverse of a symmetric matrix exists, then it is a symmetric matrix.
20. Show that the inverse of a skew-symmetric matrix of odd order does not exist.
 0 2b c 
21. Determine the values of a, b, c for which the matrix  a b c  is orthogonal.
 a b c 
22. Prove that an orthogonal matrix is non-singular.
23. If A is a skew-symmetric matrix and I  A is a non-singular matrix, then show that B   I  A  I  A 
1
is an orthogonal
matrix.
24. Let A and B are orthogonal matrices and A  B  0 . Prove that A  B is a singular matrix.
 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1
 2 
2 4 4 1 3 1 0 3
25. Find the rank of the following matrices: (a)  (b)  
 0 5 0 1 2 6 4 2 8
   
 1 2 6 3  3 9 4 2 10 
26. Examine the consistency of the following system of linear equations and solve if possible:
a) x  y  z  1 , 2 x  y  2 z  2 , 3 x  2 y  3 z  5
b) 4 x  2 y  6 z  8 , x  y  3 z  1 , 15 x  3 y  9 z  21
c) 2 x  y  z  1 , x  y  2 z  1 , 3 x  2 y  z  4

27. Determine the conditions under which the system of linear equations admits of (i) only one solution (ii) no solution (iii)
many solutions
a) x  y  z  1 , x  2y  z  b , 5x  7y  az  b2
b) x  y  z  3 , 2x  y  3z  4 , 5x  y   z  
c) x  4y  2z  1 , 2x  7y  5z  2k , 4x  my  10z  2k  1
d) x  y  z  6 , x  2y  3z  10 , x  2y   z  
28. Find the eigen values and corresponding eigen vectors of the following matrices
1 1 2   2 1 1
  4 6
(a)  0 2 4  (b)   (c)  1 2 1
 3 3 6   2 9   0 0 1

1 0 2 
29. If A=  0 1 1  , then verify that A satisfies its own characteristic equation. Hence find A-1 and A9.
 0 1 0 
30. If A be any n by n matrix and  be an eigen value of A, then show that
a)  n is an eigen value of the matrix An, where n being a positive integer.
b)  is an eigen value of At.
c) k  is an eigen value of kA.
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d) is an eigen value of the matrix A-1.

e)  is an eigen value of P-1AP, where P is a non-singular matrix.