TMA-Summer 2023-2024
TMA-Summer 2023-2024
TMA-Summer 2023-2024
Contents
Warnings and Declaration…………………………………….………………………………......1
Question 1 ……………….…………………………………. ………………………………...…..2
Question 2 ………………………………………………………………………………….…..…..2
Question 3 ………………………………………………………………………………….…..…..3
Question 4 ………………………………………………………………………………….…..…..3
Marking Criteria ...…………..………………………………………………………….………..…
Plagiarism Warning:
As per AOU rules and regulations, all students are required to submit their own TMA
work and avoid plagiarism. The AOU has implemented sophisticated techniques for
plagiarism detection. You must provide all references in case you use and quote
another person's work in your TMA. You will be penalized for any act of plagiarism as
per the AOU's rules and regulations.
I hereby declare that this submitted TMA work is a result of my own efforts and I have
not plagiarized any other person's work. I have provided all references of information
that I have used and quoted in my TMA work.
Name of Student:……………………………..
Signature:…………………………………………...
Date:…………………………………………………
Q−1: Answer each of the following as True or False justifying your answers:
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2 3 −1
b) [3 marks] The vector Z= 4 is a linear combination of X = 2 and Y = 2 .
0 1 1
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1 2 3
c) [3 marks] The matrix A= 0 1 4 has no inverse.
5 6 0
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2 x+3 y −4 z=5
3 x + 4 y−5 z=−6 .
4 x +5 y−6 z=7
a) [3 marks] Solve the linear system.
b) [2 marks] Find the determinant of the coefficient matrix for the linear system.
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0 1 −2
e) [5 marks] Find the inverse of A= 4 1 −8 .
−2 −1 4
[ ]
2 1 3 4
0 −1 2 1
Q−3: Let A= ,
3 2 0 5
−1 3 2 1
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2
−1
b) [5 marks] Is the linear system AX=B has infinitely many solutions if B=
2
0
Q−4:
a) [7 marks] Show that if X1, X2 and X3 are linearly independent vectors in Rn, then the
vectors Y1 = 3X1 − 2X2, Y2 = X1 + 3X3 and Y3 = X1 − 2X2 + X3 are also linearly
independent.
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1 2 3
4 5 3
b) [8 marks] Let A= ,
7 4 k
11 3 h
I) Find the values of h ,∧k that make the columns of A linearly dependent.
II) Find the values of h ,∧k that make the columns of A linearly independent.