UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Unit Code: UECM 1653 (Mathematics for Engineering I)

UECM 1683 (Mathematics for Physics I)

Tutorial 1
Matrices operation and Inverse
1 2
1. If 𝐺 = ( ), find G 1 . Then find values of the constants a and b such that
2 1
𝑎𝐺 + 𝑏𝐺 −1 = 𝐼.

2. Evaluate the following determinants,

3 5 7 1 2 1
(i)|11 9 13| (ii) |2 1 1|
15 17 19 1 1 2

3. Find the inverse of the following matrices

−4 3 4 1 −3 2
(i) ( 12 −9 −11) (ii) (−3 3 −1)
−1 1 1 2 −1 0

4. Find the value of 𝑘 which satisfy the equation:

𝑘 1 0
|1 𝑘 1| = 0.
0 1 𝑘

5. Both 𝐶 and 𝐷 are square matrices such that 𝐶𝐷 = 𝐷−1 . Find 𝐶 in term of 𝐷 and
 2 1
determine the matrix 𝐶, if given that D    . Also, find  so that 𝛽𝐶 −
2 0 
2𝐷 −1 + 𝐼 = 0 where I is the identity of 2 by 2 matrix.

System of Linear Equations

6. Find m so that the system of linear equations

5x  my  1
(m  7) x  6 y  2
(i) has infinite many solution (ii) has no solution

7. Solve the following system of linear equations

𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 3𝑧 = 3 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 2𝑧 = 5
(i) 2𝑥 − 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 11 (ii) 𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 2
3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = −5 4𝑥 − 𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 1

𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 3 𝑥+𝑦−𝑧 =0
(iii) 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 8𝑧 = 4 (iv) 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0
3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 17𝑧 = 1 5𝑥 + 7𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0

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8. Show that the homogeneous system,

x  2 y  3z  0
2x  3 y  2z  0
4 x  y  5z  0
has only trivial solution.

9. Determine the values of  so that

 x  3 y  (1   ) z  0
2x  y   z  0
(  2) x  2 y   z  0
has non-trivial solution, hence find the solution for each value of .

10. For the matrix equations

1 1 1   x   3 
1 2 3   y    6 
    
1 3 k   z   4  k 
find k so that the system of equations has no unique solution. Solve the
equations for this value of k.

11. A farmer wishes to mix 67ml chemical-A, 48ml chemical-B, and 32ml chemical-
C into 5l water to spray his plants according to the formula of different
commercial brand. One bottle of commercial brand I would contains 7ml
chemical-A, 5ml chemical-B and 1ml chemical-C; one bottle of commercial
brand II would contain 3ml chemical-A, 2ml chemical-B and 2ml chemical-C;
while one bottle of commercial brand III would contain 4ml chemical-A, 3ml
chemical-B, and 3ml chemical-C.
How many bottles of brand I, brand II, and brand III does the farmer need to get
the required mixture?

Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

2 2 −2
12. Let 𝐴 = (1 3 1 ). Determine the eigenvalues of the matrix 𝐴 and an
1 2 2
eigenvector corresponding to each eigenvalue.

13. Find the eigenvalues of the following matrices

1 2 0 1 1 1
 
(i)  2 0 0 (ii) 1 1 1
0 0 0 1 1 1
 
Verify that the sum of the eigenvalues of a matrix is equal to its trace.

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 2 2 1
14. Let B  1 3 1 . Find the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenvectors
0 0 1 
of B.

 3 5 5 
15. The matrix M is given by M   4 6 5  .
 4 4 3 
 
0
(i) Given that one of the eigenvectors of M is  1 , find the corresponding
1
 
eigenvalue.

(ii) Given also another eigenvalue of M is 2, find a corresponding

eigenvector.

1
(iii) Given further that  1  is an eigenvector of M, with corresponding
 1
 
eigenvalue   3 , find the invertible matrix P that diagonalizes M.
Hence determine P1MP .

Answer
3 1
1. 𝑏 = − 2 and 𝑎 = 2
2. 144; -4
é 2 1 3 ù é 1 2 3 ù
ê ú ê ú
3. A-1 = ê -1 0 4 ú B -1 = ê 2 4 5 ú
ê 3 1 0 ú ê 3 5 6 ú
ë û, ë û
4. 𝑘 = 0, ± √2.

5.  = 2 .

6. The system has infinite solutions when m = 3;

The system has no solutions when m = -10.

é x ù é 2 ù  x  4 
ê ú ê ú  y   t  3 .
7. (i) ê y ú = ê -4 ú ; (ii) no solution; (iii) infinite solution (iv)    
ê z ú ê -3 ú  z   1 
ë û ë û

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 x 1  x 1 / 7 
9.   6 ,  y   t  2 or   1  y   t
   
5 / 7 .
 
 z   0   z   1 

é x ù é 0 ù é 1 ù
ê ú ê ú ê ú
10. k = 5, ê y ú = ê 3 ú + t ê -2 ú.
ê z ú ê 0 ú ê 1 ú
ë û ë û ë û

11. 4 bottles brand I , 5 bottle brand II and 6 bottle brand III.

−2 −2 0
12.  = 1, 𝑣 = ( 1 ) ;  = 2 , 𝑣 = ( 1 ),  = 4, 𝑣 = (1).
0 1 1

13. (i)  = 0,  = 2,  = -1.

(ii)  = 0 ,  = 0 ,  = 3

é 1 ù é -2 ù é 1 ù
ê ú ê ú ê ú
14.  =1,  = 1 and  = 4. ê 0 ú, ê 1 ú ê 1 ú.
ê 1 ú ê 0 ú ê 0 ú
ë û ë û ë û

15. (i) 1
1
(ii)  1 
0
 
0 1 1 1 0 0 
 
(iii) P   1 1 1  , P MP   0 2 0 
1

 1 0 1  0 0 3 
   

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