Question 1: 3 x + (m − 3) y = 6

4 x + my = 7
− 3 2 
Given that A =   ,
 5 − 6 (c) For what value of m will the above simultaneous equations have
no unique solution?
(a) find A −1 .
(b) Hence solve the simultaneous equations.
Question 4:
− 3 x + 2 y + 13 = 0
5 x − 6 y − 23 = 0  3 − 1  −1 0
Given that A =   and B =   , find a matrix X such that
4 2   4 3
AX = B.
Question 2:

3 4   a 4  8 − 2
A =   , B =   and C =   .
0 − 2 0 b  − 9 3k  Question 5:

(a) Given that AB = 6I, where I is the 2 × 2 identity matrix, find the  3 p − 2 − 1
Find the value of p for which   has no inverse.
values of a and b. 5 p + 1 − 2
(b) Given that C is a singular matrix, find the value of k.

Question 3: Question 6:

 3 m − 3 Use the matrix method to solve the simultaneous equations.

(a) Find the inverse of the matrix   .
 4 m 
(b) Hence solve the simultaneous equations, giving your answers in
terms of m.

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 1 Question 9:
+ 2 x − 23 = 0
y2
 p 2
2 Given that A =   , write down the inverse of A in terms of p.
3x − 2 = 3  3 1
y
(a) Hence, find the value of p for A to be a singular matrix.
(b) Given that p = 4, solve the simultaneous equations.
Question 7: px + 2 y = 8
3x + y = 5
 2 2
Given that A =   , find A −1 and hence solve the simultaneous
 − 3 8 
equations. Question 10:

2 y = −2 x + 3  2 − 1 5 10 
Given P =   , Q =   and R =   ,
8 y = 3 x − 10 7 4   − 1 9

(a) write down the inverse of the matrix P.

(b) Hence, use it to find the matrix X in the matrix equation PX + Q = R.
Question 8:

 4 − 1 1 − 2 
Given that A =   and B =   ,
2 2  1 2 

(a) Find the inverse of matrix B.

(b) Hence, solve the simultaneous equations.
2y − x + 5 = 0
x + 2y =1

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