Engineering Mathematics (Math 21202) Ch 7 Sample Problems

Problem 1 Circle the correct answer.

 w
1 0 0 0     4
The linear system 0 1 1 0    1 
x
1.
y
0 0 0 1   2
z 
(a) has no solution (b) has a unique solution w  4, x  1, y  0, z  2
(c) has infinitely many solutions (d) has a unique solution w  4, x  0, y  1, z  2

1 2 r 
2. If A    and b    then
 2 2 s 
(a) det A  2 (b) Ax  b has a unique solution for every r & s
1
(c) det A 1  2 (d) det A 1 
2

2 r 1
3. The real values of r that make det r r 2   0 are
0 0 r 
(a) 0 or  2 only (b)  1,1or 2 only
(c) 0 or 2 only (d) any number except 0 & 2

4. The values of and that make the matrix symmetric are:

a. b. c. d. None of the above

5. The determinant of the following matrix is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

6. Calculating where will give

a. b. c. d. None of the above

7. The values of and that make the matrix skew symmetric are respectively

(a) (b) (c) (d) None of the above

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8. If A is a 3 3 matrix with det A  5 , then det (5 A1 ) 
1 1
a. 1 b. 25 c. d.
5 25

3 1
9. If A    , then A 1 
 2 4
 0.4  0.1  4  1 1 3 1 1  3 1
a.   b.   10 2 4 10  2  4
c. d.
 0.2 0.3  2 3

Problem 2 Suppose in a weight-watching program, a person of 80 kg burns750 cal/hr in jogging 6 mph (J),
250 cal/hr in walking 3 mph (W) & 400 cal/hr in bicycling13 mph (B). You, weighing 80 kg, plan to exercise
according to the matrix A  [aij ] shown, where the aij entry represents the time in hours spent in the jth
exercise on the ith day of the week starting Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday & Thursday.
J W B
1.5 1 0 
1 0.5 750 
1 
A , X  250 
1 1 1   
  
400 
0.5 0 1.5
Compute the following:
(a) The product: Ax  b
(b) What does the third entry in column b represent?
(c) How many calories burnt per hour on Thursday?
(d) How many calories are burnt in exercising walking alone in each week?
(e) If you follow this exercise plan, how many calories are burnt each week?

Problem 3 A company produces laptop models M1 and M2 as seen below:

Models Time of the year
M1 M2 T1 T2 T3
1.5 1.2
2 6
A  0.8 1 , B  
4
  3 6 8
1 0.8 
Matrix A  [aij ] shows the cost (in multiples of $2000) of : Raw components (i= 1), Labor (i= 2)
and Misc (i= 3) in producing one laptop of model M1 (j= 1) and model M2 (j= 2).
Matrix B  [bij ] represents the production (in multiples of 100 units) of M1 Model (i= 1) and M2
Model (i= 2) during each Tj period of the year 2010 ( j  1, 2 & 3) , where T1, T2 & T3 represent the 1st , 2nd
and 3rd four months of the year, respectively.
(a) Compute the product C  AB .
(b) What does the entry c23 of matrix C represent?
(c) What does the sum of entries in column 3 of matrix C represent?
(d) What is the average labor cost of laptops per 4 months-period?
(e) What is the total cost of producing laptops in 2010?

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 1 3 1 0:0
0 1 2 1 : 5 
Problem 4 The matrix  is a row echelon form of the augmented matrix [ A | b] .
0 0 0 1 : 2
 
0 0 0 0 : 0

Find all solutions to the system Ax  b.

Problem 5 If A is a 3 3 matrix and A  4 , then compute:

(a) 2A 1  (b) AT A 

r 0 r
Problem 6 Let A  2  1 0 .
0 1 r 
Find the values of r for which the system Ax = b has a unique solution for any vector b  R 3 .

Problem 7 If the statement is true, write T; if false, write F in the space -----.

----- (a) Let B  M 1 AM , for some invertible matrix M. Then det B  det A.

----- (b) If B & C are nonsingular and of the same order then ( BC) 1  B 1C 1 .
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----- (c) If A is a 3 3 matrix and A  4 , then  2 A 1   .
2
----- (d) If A  0 and AB  0 , then B  0 .

----- (e) If B & C are of the same order then ( BC )T  BT C T .

----- (f) If A  0 and AB  0 , then B  0 .

----- (g) Each homogeneous system of linear equations always has a solution.
----- (h) Let A be a 3 4 matrix. Then the trivial solution is the unique solution to the system Ax = 0.
----- (i) If A & B are any two matrices of the same order, then ( A  B)( A  B)  A2  B 2 .
----- (j) If A is a square matrix, then ( A  AT ) is skew-symmetric.

 1 1 0   x  1 
Problem 8 Solve the system of linear equations  1 0 2  y   1  .
 1 0 1   z  2

 1 1 1 
Problem 9 Let A  10 10 0 .
 0 10  5
(a) Compute all minors of A. (b) Compute det (A) (c) Find A 1 .

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Problem 10 The 3 3 identity matrix was obtained from a matrix A by the following sequence of row
R2  3R1  R2 , R3  4 R2  R3 , R2  2 R3  R3
operations on A: R R
R1  3R3  R1 , R1  2 R2  R1 , 1 & 2
2 3
 0
(a) Compute det A. (b) Solve the system Ax    5  (c) Find A. (d) Find A 1
 16 

Problem 11 Each matrix below represents the reduced- row echelon form of some augmented Matrix A.
1 0  5 0: 4  1  1 0 0: 0 
0 1  1 0 1: 0 
2 0 : 3  0 0 1 0 : 0 
(iii) 0 0 1 2 : 0
 1 
(i) (ii)
0 0 0 1: 2  0 0 0 0: 1 
    0 0 0 0 : 1
0 0 0 0 : 0 0 0 0 0 : 0
(a) Compute rank ( A) & rank ( A b) (2pts)
(b) Find all solutions (if any exists) to the system Ax  b . (3pts)

Problem 12 By applying Kirchhoff’s Current and Voltage Laws (KCL & KVL) in some electrical circuit, we
obtained the following system of equations in the unknown currents i1 , i2 & i3 :
i1  i2  i3 KCL
 9  4i1  12i2  21  0 KVL
 21  12i2  9i3  0 KVL
Use matrices to compute the currents i1 , i2 & i3 .

Problem 13 The following system of equations represent the electrical circuit shown. Use the inverse of a
matrix to compute the currents I1 , I 2 & I 3 .

I1  I 2  I 3  0
10 I1  10 I 2  130
10 I 2  5 I 3  35

Problem 14 The Kirchhoff current equations of the electric network (shown in the figure below) are:
4I1  I 3  16 I
16 volts
1

4 I 2  I 3  32
I1  I 2  I 3  0 2 ohms 2 ohms

1 ohms I3
Find the currents I1 , I 2 & I 3 .
4 ohms I2

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32 volts