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Subject: Mathematics I
Code: BES 011
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1. Compute the expression or explain why it is not defined. Let:

1 −2 5 3 3
2 −2 3 −3 −4 1
𝐴=[ ],𝐵 = [ ] , 𝐶 = [2 1 ] , 𝐷 = [ ], and 𝑥⃗ = [1]
4 1 −1 2 −5 3 −1/2 1/3
4 −2 0

1) 𝐴+𝐵 2) 3𝐴 − 2𝐵 + 𝐶 𝑇 3) 𝐶𝑥⃗ 4) 𝐴𝐵 5) 𝐴𝐶
6) 𝐶𝐵 7) 𝐶𝐷 8) 𝑇
𝐷 𝐴𝑥⃗ 9) 𝑥⃗ 𝑥⃗
𝑇

2. Check whether 𝑨 + 𝑩 and 𝑨𝑩 are defined. If so, check that (𝑨 + 𝑩)𝑻 = 𝑨𝑻 + 𝑩𝑻 and/or
(𝑨𝑩)𝑻 = 𝑩𝑻 𝑨𝑻 :
1 2 −4 −3
𝐴=[ 1 3] , 𝐵 = [ 1 −1]
−2 1 3 2

3. Suppose that 𝑨 is 𝟐 × 𝟐 matrix, 𝑩 is 𝟐 × 𝟓 matrix and 𝑪 is 𝟓 × 𝟐 matrix. Determine which of the

following expressions do and do not make sense. If they do make sense, what is the size of the
resulting matrix?

1) 𝐴𝐵 2) 𝐴7 3) 𝐴𝐶 4) 𝐵2
5) 𝐴−𝐵 6) 𝐵𝐵 𝑇
7) 𝐴𝐵𝐶 8) 𝐵𝑇 𝐵 + 𝐶 𝑇 𝐶
9) 𝐴 + 𝐵𝐶 10) (𝐴 + 𝐶 𝑇 𝐶)(𝐵 + 𝐶 𝑇 )

4. Either show that the matrix is not invertible or find its inverse using adjoint matrix method.

2 4 −3 2 6 −9
1) [ ] 2) [ ] 3) [ ]
3 −1 −1 −1 −4 6
1 2 5 1 2 −3 1 0 2
4) [0 1 3 ] 5) [−2 −3 4 ] 6) [0 2 0]
2 3 8 2 1 0 −2 0 −2
1 0 3 −5
1 1 3 −4
7) [ ]
0 0 1 −2
2 2 6 −8
𝟒 𝟕 𝟎 𝟏
5. Let 𝑨 = [ ] and 𝑩 = [ ].
𝟑 𝟓 𝟏 𝟐
1) Find 𝐴−1 and 𝐵−1 .
2) Calculate 𝐴𝐵 and (𝐴𝐵)−1 and check that (𝐴𝐵)−1 = 𝐵−1 𝐴−1 .
1
3) Calculate (2𝐴)−1 and check that it equals 𝐴−1 .
2
4) Calculate (𝐴𝑇 )−1 and check that 𝐴𝑇 (𝐴𝑇 )−1 = 𝐼.

6. State whether the following matrices are symmetric, skew-symmetric, or neither.

1 −4 0 0 7 −3
3 −1 1 −5
𝐴=[ ],𝐵 = [ ] , 𝐶 = [−4 2 0] , 𝐷 = [−7 0 5]
−5 1 −5 3
0 0 9 3 −5 0

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Benha University
Benha Faculty of Engineering
Basic Engineering Science Department
Subject: Mathematics I
Code: BES 011

Homework
1. Suppose that:
2 −1 −1 1 1 2 −1 0 −2 1
𝐴=[ ],𝐵 = [ ],𝐶 = [ ] and 𝐷 = [ ]
0 3 −2 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
Compute the following:
1) 𝐴+𝐵 2) 2𝐵 − 3𝐴 3) 𝐴−𝐵 4) 2(𝐴 + 𝐵) − 𝐴
5) 𝐴𝐵 6) 𝐶𝐷𝑇 7) 𝐴𝐶 8) 𝐶𝑇𝐷
9) 𝐴2 10) (𝐶 𝑇 𝐷)2 11) 𝐵𝐷 12) (𝐶 − 𝐷)𝑇 (𝐴 − 𝐵𝑇 )
13) (𝐴 + 𝐵)(𝐶 + 𝐷) 14) 𝐷𝑇 (𝐴𝑇 + 𝐵)𝑇 𝐶

2. Compute the product or explain why it is not defined. Let:

1 4 4 3 2 1 𝑥1 1
2 5 −1 3 −4
𝐴=[ ],𝐵 = [ ] , 𝐶 = [1 3 ] , 𝐷 = [−1 0 1 2] , 𝑥⃗ = [𝑥2 ] and 𝑦⃗ = [2]
−1 3 3 5 2 𝑥3
4 −3 2 1 0 3 1

1) 𝐴𝐵 2) 𝐵𝐴 3) 𝐷𝐶 4) 𝐶𝑇𝐷 5) 𝑥⃗ 𝑇 𝑦⃗
6) 𝑥⃗𝑥⃗ 7) 𝐴(𝐵𝐶) 8) (𝐴𝐵)𝐶 9) (𝐴𝐵)𝑇

3. For each of the following matrices, either find the inverse of the matrix, or show that it is not
invertible.

1 0 6 3 2 3
1) [ ] 2) [ ] 3) [ ]
0 1 2 1 3 2
2 4 0 2 6 1 1 −2 −2
4) [1 −2 0 ] 5) [0 0 0 ] 6) [−2 1 −2]
2 0 −1 3 −2 7 −2 −2 1

𝟐 𝟏
4. Compute the indicated powers of the matrix 𝑨 = [ ].
𝟑 𝟐
1) 𝐴2 2) 𝐴−1 3) 𝐴−2 4) 𝐴−4

5. State whether the following matrices are symmetric, Skew-Symmetric, or neither.

2 −1 3 −4 6 −3 1
𝐴=[ ], 𝐵=[ ], 𝐶=[ ],
−1 3 −3 4 −1 5 6
0 5 −2
𝐷 = [−5 0 −1]
2 1 0

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