Question 1: Find , if [2003]
Answer:
Therefore
and
Hence
Question 2: Given , find: i) the order of matrix ii) the matrix [2012]
Answer:
Therefore . Hence the order of Matrix is
Let
Therefore
Therefore
and
Solving we get
Hence
Question 3: If find the value of . [1981]
Answer:
Therefore
Question 4: If , and find: i) ii) [1991]
Answer:
i)
ii)
Question 5: Find , if [1992, 2013]
Answer:
Therefore
and
Question 6: Given , and ; Find such that
. [2005]
Answer:
Question 7: Find the value of given that , , and . [2005]
Answer:
Therefore
Question 8: If , and and matrix of the same order and is the
transpose of the matrix, find . [2011]
Answer:
Question 9: Given , and ; Find the matrix such that
. [2013]
Answer:
Question 10: Let , and . Find [2006]
Answer:
Question 11: Let , . Find [2007]
Answer:
Question 12: Given , and and . FInd the value of
. [2008]
Answer:
Therefore
and
Question 13: Given , , and . Find .
[2010]
Answer:
Question 14: Evaluate [2010]
Answer:
Question 15: If , , find . [2012]
Answer:
Question 16: If . Find . [2014]
Answer:
Question 17: Solve for
i)
ii)
iii) [2014]
Answer:
i)
Therefore
Solving the above two equations we get
and
ii)
Therefore
Also
Substituting we get
iii)
Therefore
Question 18: If and , is the product of possible. [2011]
Answer:
The order of matrix and the order of matrix .
Since the number of columns in is equal to the number of rows in , the product is
possible.