Homework 3
Homework 3
Homework 3
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Hint: Why am I given this weird algebra problem in my linear algerba
homework?
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6. Find the inverse of the non-singular matrix A = 3 2 1 , by Gauss-Jordan
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method.
1 2 5 2
7. If A = and B = , find an elementrary matrix F such
1 −3 −5 −3
that AF = B.
1 −2 −7
8. If possible write the matrix A = −2 5 16 , as a product of elemen-
3 −6 −20
trary matrices.
9. We call the graph of an equation ax2 + bxy + cy 2 + dx + ey + f = 0 a conic
if the numbers a, b, and c are not all zero. Show that there is at least one
conic through any five points in the plane that are not all on a line.
10. In a T20 match, Chennai Super Kings needed just 6 runs to win with 1
ball left to go in the last over. The last ball was bowled and the batsman
at the crease hit it high up. The ball traversed along a path in a vertical
plane and the equation of the path is y = ax2 + bx + c with respect to a xy
-coordinate system in the vertical plane and the ball traversed through the
points (10, 8), (20, 16), (30, 18) , can you conclude that Chennai Super Kings
won the match? Justify your answer. (All distances are measured in metres
and the meeting point of the plane of the path with the farthest boundary
line is (70, 0).)