Week 1 - Matrices - Lecture examples

The following questions use the matrices below.

1 1 2  0 3 1
 2  2  2 1    
A= 
 4

1  B=  
  1 0
,C= 0 3  1 D= 4 1  4 ,
  5 2 1 
  

Basic Operations (Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying by Scalar )

1. Find a) A + B b) A – B c) C + D

d) 3A e) 2A – 3B f) 2I

Multiplying matrices

2. Find a) A B b) C D c) DC

The Determinant

3. Find a) A b) B c) D

Inverse and Transpose

4. Find a) A T b) A -1 c) B 1

5. Show that A A -1 = I

Solution of Simultaneous equations

6. Use X = A -1 B to solve these simultaneous equations.

a) x + 2y = 8
3x + y = 9

b) 5x + y = 10
x – y = -4

7. Use row reduction to solve these equations