202000211 - Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus and

ODE
Academic Year 2024-25, Semester – II
Tutorial 2 - System of Linear Equations and Inverse of a
Matrix
Exercise 1. Solve the following system by Gauss elimination method:
2x + y − z = 2
x − 3y + z = 1
2x + y − 2z = 6
Exercise 2. Solve the following system by Gauss elimination method:
4x1 − 2x2 + 6x3 = 8
x1 + x2 − 3x3 = −1
15x1 − 3x2 + 9x3 = 21
Exercise 3. Solve the following system by Gauss Jordan method:
4x2 + x3 = 2
2x1 + 6x2 − 2x3 = 3
4x1 + 8x2 − 5x3 = 4
Exercise 4. Solve the following system by Gauss Jordan elimination method:
x − y + 2z − w = −1
2x + y − 2z − 2w = −2
−x + 2y − 4z + w = 1
3x − 3w = −3
Exercise 5. Solve the system by Gaussian elimination.
−2b + 3c = 1
3a + 6b − 3c = −2
6a + 6b + 3c = 5
Exercise 6. Solve the following system by Gauss Jordan elimination method:
3x1 + 2x2 − x3 = −15
5x1 + 3x2 + 2x3 = 0
3x1 + x2 + 3x3 = 11
−6x1 − 4x2 + 2x3 = 30
Exercise 7. Solve the following system by Gauss elimination method:
2x1 − x2 + x3 = 9
3x1 − x2 + x3 = 6
4x1 − x2 + 2x3 = 7
−x1 + x2 − x3 = 4
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Exercise 8. Solve the following system by Gauss elimination method:

x + 2y + z = 0
2x − y + z = 0
3x + y + 2z = 0

Exercise 9. Solve the following homogeneous system of linear equations by Gauss Jordan elimi-
nation method

v + 3w − 2x = 0
2u + v − 4w + 3x = 0
2u + 3v + 2w − x = 0
−4u − 3v + 5w − 4x = 0

Exercise 10. Solve the following homogeneous system of linear equations by Gauss Jordan elim-
ination method

x1 + 3x2 + x4 = 0
x1 + 4x2 + 2x3 = 0
−2x2 − 2x3 − x4 = 0
2x1 − 4x2 + x3 + x4 = 0
x1 − 2x2 − x3 + x4 = 0

Exercise 11. Solve the following system for x, y and z:

1 3 4 3 2 1 2 1 2
− + + = 30, + − = 9, − + = 10 (x 6= 0, y 6= 0, z 6= 0)
x y z x y z x y z
Exercise 12. For which values of a will the following system have no solution ? Exactly one
solution ? Infinitely many solutions ?

x + 2y − 3z = 4
3x − y + 5z = 2
4x + y + (a2 − 14)z = a + 2

Exercise 13. Investigate for what values of λ and µ the equations

x + y + z = 6, x + 2y + 3z = 10, x + 2y + λz = µ

have (i) no solution (ii) a unique solution (iii) an infinite number of solutions.
 
1 2 3
Exercise 14. Find A−1 using row operations, if A =  2 5 3 
1 0 8
Exercise 15. Find the inverse of the matrix A using Gauss Jordan method, if
 1 1
− 52

5 5
 1 1 1 
A=  5 5 10


1 4 1
5
− 5 10
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Exercise 16. Find the inverse of the matrix A if it is invertible, where

 
6 −4 0
A= 5 1 1 
−3 2 0

Exercise 17. Find the inverse of the matrix A if it exists, where

 
1 0 0 0
 1 3 0 0 
A=  1

3 5 0 
1 3 5 7

Exercise 18. Solve the following system by inverting the coefficient matrix

5x1 + 3x2 + 2x3 = 4

3x1 + 3x2 + 2x3 = 2
x2 + x3 = 5

Exercise 19. What condition must b1 , b2 and b3 satisfy in order for the system

x1 + 2x2 + 3x3 = b1
2x1 + 5x2 + 3x3 = b2
x1 + 8x3 = b3

to be consistent?

Exercise 20. What condition must b1 , b2 and b3 satisfy in order for the following system to be
consistent?
5x1 + 2x2 + 9x3 = b1 , 3x1 + x2 + 4x3 = b2 , −x1 + x3 = b3

Answers

1. x = − 17 , y = − 12
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, z = −4 2. x1 = 1, x2 = 3t − 2, x3 = t 3. x1 = 74 t, x2 = 12 − 41 t, x3 = t
4. x = t − 1, y = 2s, z = s, w = t 5. Inconsistent 6. x1 = −4, x2 = 2, x3 = 7
7. Inconsistent 8. x = − 53 t, ; y = − 51 t, ; z = t 9. u = 7s − 5t, v = −6s + 4t, w = 2s, x = 2t
10. x1 = 0, x2 = 0, x3 = 0, x4 = 0 11. x = 12 , y = 14 , z = 15
12. no solution for a = −4, exactly one solution for a 6= ±4, infinitely many solutions for a = 4
13. (i) λ = 3, k 6= 10 , no solution. (ii) λ 6= 3, unique solution. (iii) λ = 3, k = 10, Infinitely
many solutions.
 
    1 0 0 0
−40 16 9 1 3 1  −1 1
0 0 
 3 3
14. 13 −5 −3 15. 0 1 −1 16. not invertible 17.  0 − 1

    1
5 5
0 
5 −2 −1 −2 2 0
 
1 1
0 0 −7 7
18. x1 = 1, x2 = −11, x3 = 16 19. no condition is required 20. b3 = b1 − 2b2

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