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MID-SEMESTER TEST
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
SEMESTER 1, 2016/2017

PROGRAM : BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

SUBJECT : LINEAR ALGEBRA
SUBJECT CODE : MATB 253
DATE : 22nd JULY 2016
TIME : 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES

Instructions to candidates:
1. This paper contains THREE (3) questions.
2. You are required to answer ALL questions.
3. Your answers must be written in the empty spaces provided. (Double-sided pages)

DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.

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QUESTION 1 [14 marks]

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(a) Solve the linear system by Gauss-Jordan elimination.

2 x1 2 x2 2 x3 4
2 x1 5 x2 2 x3 1
8 x1 x2 4 x3 11

[8 marks]

2 6 8 2 6 8
(b) Consider matrices A 0 5 3 and B 6 23 21 .


0 5 25 0 1 5
Find [E1T E 2 -1 ] such that E2E1 A = B
[6 marks]

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QUESTION 2 [15 marks]

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2 k 2
(a) Find the values of k such that matrix A 1 2 4 is invertible.

0 k 2
[2 marks]

3 6 1
(b) Consider the given matrix B 5 2 4 .

0 4 3

(i) Find det(B) using cofactor expansion. [2 marks]

(ii) Find adj(B). [3 marks]

(iii) Find B1 . [2 marks]

(c) Use Cramers Rule to solve the following system of equations:

3x 6 y z 1

5 x 2 y 4 z 2
4 y 3z 0

[6 marks]

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QUESTION 3 [ 11 marks]

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0 1 0 1
0 0 1 1
Let M be the vertex matrix of a directed graph D.
1 0 0 0

0 0 1 0

(a) Draw the directed graph D [3 marks]

(b) Find the number of 3-step connections from P1 to P1 using matrix multiplication
[4 marks]
(c) Find the power of P3 and P4. [4 marks]

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