Module 1: Systems of Linear Equations

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following equations are linear?

(A) −3 +5 +4 =4 (B) √2 − √2 + 0.5 =5

(C) √3 − 3√ +3 = −1 (D) 2 + sin( ) + 5 = 17
1 −1 6 3
2. Which system corresponds to the augmented matrix ?
9 4 0 −2
− = −3 − +6 =3
(A) (B)
9 + 4 = −2 9 + 4 = −2
+9 =0
− +6 +3 =0 − +4 =0
(C) (D)
9 +4 −2 = 0 6 =0
3 −2 =0
3. Which of the following statements best describes the following augmented matrix
1 0 0 2 3
0 1 0 1 4?
0 0 1 0 0
(A) A is consistent with a unique solution. (B) A is inconsistent.
(C) A is consistent with infinitely many solutions. (D) None of the above.
+ =3
4. What is the first row of the augmented matrix for the system =4 ?
2 =6
(A) 0,0,2,6 (B) 0,1,0,4
(C) 1,1,1,3 (D) 1,0,1,3
4. Which of the following matrices is in reduced row echelon form?
1 2 −1 1 2 −1
(A) 0 2 3 (B) −1 2 3
0 0 4 0 0 0
1 2 −1 1 2 −1
(C) 0 0 3 (D) 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0
5. Which of the following matrices is not invertible?
3 6 3 6
(A) (B)
9 8 0 6
1 2 3 6
(C) (D)
1 1 0 0
6. Which of the following matrices is not an elementary matrix?
1 0 1 1
(A) (B)
0 1 1 1
1 0 1 0
(C) (D)
1 1 0 2
+ =0
7. What value of b makes the system inconsistent?
+ =
 (A) =0 (B) ≠0
(C) = 0.5 (D) =1
−3 2 0
8. The matrix = 0 2000 1 is
0 0 79
(A) Upper Triangular (B) Lower Triangular
(C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) & (B)
9. If a system of equations has no solution, what does the graph look like?
(A) intersecting lines (B) parallel lines
(C) skew lines (D) intersecting lines
10. Let be a × matrix and A is non-singular. Then which of the following is incorrect.
(A) is a product of elementary matrices (B) has a right inverse
(C) = 0 has non-trivial solutions (D) has a left inverse

Short descriptive
1. Find the relationship between and such that the following system has infinitely many
solutions.
− + 2 =
−3 + 6 =
2. Determine whether the following system has no solution, exactly one solution, or infinitely
many solutions.
2 + 2 = 2
+ = 4
15 −3 6
3. Find the value of that makes the system inconsistent.
−10 9
+ − =1
4. For which values of the system 2 + − 3 = 1 is consistent?
− + − =
1 2
5. Find the inverse by Gauss-Jordan method .
2 3
1 1
6. Express = as a product of elementary matrices.
0 2
+2 =
7. For what condition, is the system 2 + + 5 = consistent?
− + =
1 0 0 1
8. Verify whether = , ℎ = , = .
−1 2 1 1
−2 + = −1
9. Find LU decomposition for .
4 − =5
1 2 1
10. For = 1 3 0 and = , Find all vectors such that = .
1 1 2