Answers - Worksheet 2
Answers - Worksheet 2
Answers - Worksheet 2
Determinants
Exercise 1:
2) |𝐴𝐴| = 0 6) |𝐴𝐴| = 9
Exercise 2: Use properties of determinants to find the determinant. Give reasons for your
answer.
300 100 327 3 2 0 −4
a) �300 100 443� = 0
b) � 1 −1 2 0 � = −15
300 100 621 0 −2 3 1
−1 2 −2 3
Switching 𝑅𝑅1 and 𝑅𝑅3 then switching 𝑅𝑅3 1 𝑘𝑘 𝑘𝑘 2
and 𝑅𝑅2 we get a determinant of a d) �1 𝑘𝑘 𝑘𝑘 2 � = 0 because 𝐶𝐶2 = 𝑘𝑘𝐶𝐶1 .
triangular matrix 1 𝑘𝑘 𝑘𝑘 2
−1 5 2 10
c) � 0 2 5 −7� = −60
0 0 2 −5
0 0 0 15
e) 40 f) 0 because 𝑅𝑅6 = 𝑅𝑅1 + 𝑅𝑅3 + 𝑅𝑅4
6 0 4 1
g) � 3 1 2 −1 � = 0 because 𝐶𝐶 = 3 𝐶𝐶
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−9 0 −6 2 2 3
15 −2 10 0
Exercise 3:
a) |𝐴𝐴| = −(𝑎𝑎2 + 𝑏𝑏 2 + 𝑐𝑐 2 ).
b) 𝐴𝐴 is singular if 𝑎𝑎, 𝑏𝑏, and 𝑐𝑐 are all zero.
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Exercise 4:
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|𝐴𝐴4 | = (−6)4 |𝐴𝐴𝑇𝑇 | = −6, |𝐵𝐵−1 | = − , |𝐴𝐴. 𝐵𝐵| = 30, |(𝐴𝐴 + 𝐵𝐵)2 | = 0, |2𝐴𝐴 − 𝐵𝐵| = 21.
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Exercise 6: 𝑥𝑥 = 0 or 𝑥𝑥 = 2.
Rank
Exercise: Use Gaussian Elimination to find the rank of each matrix.
1 2 1 1 2 0 5
a) �0 1 1� , rank is 3 b) �0 1 −1 6�, rank is 2
0 0 2 0 0 0 0
2 1 1 7 5 2 0 4 −2 6
⎡0 −6 −4 ⎤
⎢
1 5 d) �0 1 4 4 6 � rank is 4
c) ⎢0 0 1 2 1 ⎥⎥ , rank is 4 0 0 1 −12 −12
⎢0 0 0 −24 −11⎥ 0 0 0 −12 −7
⎣0 0 0 0 0 ⎦
a)