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    MATH 241

    Determinants
    Exercise 1:

    1) |𝐴𝐴| = −6 5) |𝐴𝐴| = −22

    2) |𝐴𝐴| = 0 6) |𝐴𝐴| = 9

    3) |𝐴𝐴| = 5 7) |𝐴𝐴| = 115

    4) |𝐴𝐴| = 0 for any value of 𝑘𝑘. 8) |𝐴𝐴| = 2

    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
    1
    −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.

    1
    MATH 241

    Exercise 4:
    1
    |𝐴𝐴4 | = (−6)4 |𝐴𝐴𝑇𝑇 | = −6, |𝐵𝐵−1 | = − , |𝐴𝐴. 𝐵𝐵| = 30, |(𝐴𝐴 + 𝐵𝐵)2 | = 0, |2𝐴𝐴 − 𝐵𝐵| = 21.
    5

    Exercise 5: Use row reduction to evaluate each of the given determinants.


    1 1 2 1 −3 0 1 −2 3
    a) �0 1 2� = 5 b) �0 −2 171 � = −17 c) (−3) �0 1 5 � = 21
    0 0 5 0 0 0 0 −7
    2
    1 0 1 1 1 −2 3 1
    d) − �0 1 1 −1� = 6 e) �0 1 −9 −2 � = 39
    0 0 −1 2 0 0 −3 −1
    0 0 0 6 0 0 0 −13
    1 𝑎𝑎 𝑎𝑎2
    f) �0 𝑏𝑏 − 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 2 − 𝑎𝑎2 � = (𝑏𝑏 − 𝑎𝑎)(𝑎𝑎 − 𝑐𝑐)(𝑏𝑏 − 𝑐𝑐).
    0 0 (𝑎𝑎 − 𝑐𝑐)(𝑏𝑏 − 𝑐𝑐)

    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)

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