1 3 2 2

1.) Let W = 2 0 1 and P = 3 .

0 1 3 1

(a) Find WP.

(3)

26

(b) Given that 2WP + S = 12 , find S.
10

(3)
(Total 6 marks)

1 2 5
2.) Let A = and B = .
3 4 5

(a) Find AB.

(3)

1
(b) Solve A X = B.
(2)
(Total 5 marks)

5 1 2 1
3.) Let A = and B = .
6 2 6 5

(a) (i) Find AB.

(ii) Write down the inverse of A.

(3)

x 8
Let X = and C = .
y 4

(b) Solve the matrix equation AX = C.

(4)
(Total 7 marks)

5 0
A matrix M has inverse M = .
1
4.)
1 2
 (a) Find M.
(3)

1 x
(b) Solve the matrix equation MX = B, where B = and X = .
7 y
(3)
(Total 6 marks)

3 0 1

5.) Let A = 2 3 0 .
4 2 1

1
(a) Write down A .
(2)

3 2 1 7 6 7

(b) Let B be a 3 3 matrix. Given that AB + 5 3 4 6 5 8 , find B.
9 2 10 1 7 5

(4)
(Total 6 marks)

1 2 3 0
6.) Let A = and B = .
3 1 2 1

Find

(a) A + B;
(2)

(b) 3A;
(2)

(c) AB.
(3)
(Total 7 marks)

1 2 2 1
1.
7.) Let A = and B =
q
3 p 2

(a) Find AB in terms of p and q.

(2)
 (b) Matrix B is the inverse of matrix A. Find the value of p and of q.
(5)
(Total 7 marks)

1 1 3

8.) Let A = 2 1 1 .
0 2 2

1
(a) Write down A .
(2)

1
1
The matrix B satisfies the equation I B = A, where I is the 3 3 identity matrix.
2

1
(b) (i) Show that B = 2(A I).

(ii) Find B.

(iii) Write down det B.

1
(iv) Hence, explain why B exists.
(6)

x 2

Let BX = C, where X = y and C = 1 .
z 1

(c) (i) Find X.

(ii) Write down a system of equations whose solution is represented by X.

(5)
(Total 13 marks)

1 2
9.) Let A = .
0 3

2
(a) Find A .
(2)
 3 4
(b) Let B = . Solve the matrix equation 3X + A = B.
2 1
(3)
(Total 5 marks)

2 1 0 0
10.) Let M = , and O = . Given that M2 6M + kI = O, find k.
3 4 0 0
(Total 6 marks)

3
1 x 1
11.) Let A = and B = x .
3 1 4 2

(a) Find AB.

20
(b) The matrix C = and 2AB = C. Find the value of x.
28
(Total 6 marks)

0 2
12.) Let A = .
2 0

(a) Find
1
(i) A ;
2
(ii) A.
(4)

p 2
Let B = .
0 q

2 6
(b) Given that 2A + B = , find the value of p and of q.
4 3
(3)

1
(c) Hence find A B.
(2)

(d) Let X be a 2 2 matrix such that AX = B. Find X.

(2)
(Total 11 marks)
13.)

b 3 9 5 4 8
(a) Let + = .
7 8 2 7 a 15

(i) Write down the value of a.

(ii) Find the value of b.

4 8 2 0 22 24
Let 3 5 = .
23
(b)
2 1 q 4 9

Find the value of q.

(Total 6 marks)

14.) Let Sn be the sum of the first n terms of the arithmetic series 2 + 4 + 6 + .

(a) Find

(i) S4;

(ii) S100.
(4)

1 2
Let M = .
0 1

2
(b) (i) Find M .

1 6
Show that M = .
3
(ii)
0 1
(5)

1 2n
It may now be assumed that M = , for n 4. The sum Tn is defined by
n
0 1

1 2 3 n
Tn = M + M + M + ... + M .

4
(c) (i) Write down M .

(ii) Find T4.

(4)

(d) Using your results from part (a) (ii), find T100.
(3)
(Total 16 marks)
 3 2 2 2
15.) Let A = and B = . Find, in terms of k,
k 4 1 3

(a) 2A B;

(b) det (2A B).

(Total 6 marks)

a b 1 0
16.) Let A = and B = . Giving your answers in terms of a, b, c, d and e,
c 0 d e

(a) write down A + B;

(b) find AB.

(Total 6 marks)

2 4 5 2
17.) Let C = and D = .
1 7 1 a

The 2 2 matrix Q is such that 3Q = 2C D

(a) Find Q.
(3)

(b) Find CD.

(4)

1
(c) Find D .
(2)
(Total 9 marks)

18.) Matrices A, B and C are defined by

5 1 2 4 9 7
A = B = C = .
7 2 3 15 8 2

Let X be an unknown 2 2 matrix satisfying the equation

AX + B = C.
 This equation may be solved for X by rewriting it in the form
1
X =A D.

where D is a 2 2 matrix.
1
(a) Write down A .
(2)

(b) Find D.
(3)

(c) Find X.
(2)
(Total 7 marks)

19.) The matrices A, B, X are given by

3 1 4 8 a b
A = , B = , X = , where a, b, c, d .
5 6 0 3 c d

Given that AX + X = , find the exact values of a, b, c and d.

(Total 8 marks)

5 2
20.) Consider the matrix A = .
7 1

l
(a) Write down the inverse, A .
(2)

(b) B, C and X are also 2 2 matrices.

1
(i) Given that XA + B = C, express X in terms of A , B and C.

6 7 5 0
(ii) Given that B = , and C = , find X.
5 2 8 7
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

a 2
21.) Let M = , where a .
2 1

2
(a) Find M in terms of a.
(4)

5 4
If M is equal to , find the value of a.
2
(b)
4 5
(2)
 l
(c) Using this value of a, find M and hence solve the system of equations:

x + 2y = 3
2x y = 3
(6)
(Total 12 marks)