Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

School of Mathematics
Mathematics – II (UMA004): Tutorial Sheet 08

1. Using the elementary row operations to reduce the following matrices into row reduced echelon form
and hence find their rank.
1 2 1 
1 2  1 1   2 1  2 2 3 4 

(a) 2 3 4 5  
(b)  1  1 1   (c)  
1 3  1
1 4  13  5  3 1  2  
8 13 14 
2. Find all the solutions of the following homogenous system AX  0 using row reduced echelon form of
matrix, where A is given by
3 1 2 1 2 3 4  3  11 5 

(a) 1  2 3   
(b) 1 1 1 1   (c) 4 1  10
1 5  4 1 2 6 12 4 9  6 
3. Test the consistency of given system of the linear equations using row reduced echelon form and if
consistent find all the solutions.
x
2  3 1   x1   2 2 0  3  x  0 1 1 1 1    4
y
(a) 1  1 2   x 2    3  (b) 0 2  3  y   0 (c) 1 1 1  1    2
z
2 1  3  x3   2 1  1 1   z  1 1  1 1  1   0
 w
5 3 14 4
1 1 1  x   3  0 1 2   x  1  1  4 7   x  8
(d) 3  9 2  y    4 (e)   y    (f) 3 8  2  y   6
1 1 2    0 
5  3 4  z   6     z    7  8 26   z  3
 2 1 6  2
 
 2 3 4
4. Using the elementary row operations, find the inverse of the matrix  4 3 1 
1 2 4
5. For what value of  following system of linear equations x  y  1, x  y   , (1   ) x  2 y  3 is
consistent. Hence, solve the system for this value of  .
6. Discuss the values of  for which the system of linear equations: x  y  4 z  6, x  2 y  2 z  6 ,
x  y  z  6 is consistent.
7. Show that the three equations 2 x  y  z  a, x  2 y  z  b, x  y  2 z  c has no solution unless
a  b  c  0 , in which case they have infinitely many solutions. Find these solutions when
a  1, b  1, c  2 .
Answers
2 7 8
(1). 2, 3, 2. (2). (a) ( ,  ,  ) ,(b) ( , , ,  ) , (c) (0, 0, 0) where  is a arbitrary constant.
3 3 3
(3) (a) (1, 2, 2) , (b) (3/2, 3/2, 1), (c) (2   ,1,  ,1) , (d) (1,1,1), (e) (-1, -1/2, ¾), (f) Inconsistent (No Solution).
 10 4 9 
1
(4)  15 4 14  . (5).   2, x  1, y  0 . (6). If   7 / 10 consistent else inconsistent.
5
 5 1 6 
(7). x  k  1, y  k  1, z  k , k being an arbitrary scalar.